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A certain Englishman, famous for his erudtion, played such a wretched game on the links that he remarked one day to his caddie: "How Is It that I, a man acquainted with all the arts and sciences, cannot play this confounded game of golf?" "Weel," said the caddie, "it's like this ye ken a' aboot they sraa' affairs, an wi' things connectlt wl them, but we maun understan' that It tak's a held to play gowf." Boston Tninscript. It's a pity that more of us are not willing to follow the advice we give to others. your breakfast Ann aWi& A ready-to-efood that costs but little and is full of the sound nourishment of wheat at and malted barley. Appetizing Economical 35 $3-- nm e BOONOMV rr ""u Spalding Nelson Is oc- cupying ths apartments of his treat-unclRufua Gaston. The Uaslons, leaving on a trip, tell him about mysterious noises and "whispers" that have scared them. He becomes acquainted with Barbara Bradford, who lives In the same e, I to If c f At Grocers Everywhere! big building. He instinctively dislikes and distrusts the superintendent,. Wick. The mysteries in his apartments begin with the disappearance of the Gaston pearls from the wall safe. He decides not to call In the police, but to do his own Investigating, it Is soon evident that someone has access to his rooms. Becoming friendly with Barbara, he learns that her apartments are equally mysterious. She tells him that several years before her sister Claire, who lives with y marher, had made a riage with an adventurer, from whom she was soon parted, and the marriage had been annulled. Claire is engaged to be married and someone has stolen documents concerning the affair from the Bradford apartment and Is attempting to blackmail the Bradford. Nelson takes Miss Kelly, the telephone to dinner Idea with the of girl, pumping her. Gorman, a hotel detective, recognizes her as ths wife of Lefty Moore, a noted burglar. Nelson tells his story to Gorman. run-awa- CHAPTER VII i C that's a start. Too do not rssllr to bars bad ssperlenc la sailing BecurttUo. If you sr acquainted with rsliabls peopla in your vicinity who would b Interfiled n making an Inreatmant In a Large Oil Producing Company that la organized Klght that haa Producing Property Right NOW a Company that la NOW PATINO ITS Shareholder Cash Dividends, wrtta 1 By WILLIAM JOHNSTON Sure Relief LL-AN- r. - r. Hot E FOR UTAH Continued. 9 "And the number she called up the private number did you find out about that?" "Sure, that was easy. . It's one of the apartments in the Granddeck Henry Kent's. Who's he?' "I never heard of him. I'll try to find out, though." "I would, but be careful how you go asking questions around the place. The Moore woman may have 'a pal. They generally work In pairs." The ease and celerity with which Gorman had learned all these things about the girl impressed me greatly, and I said as much. He received my compliments with a deprecating wave of the hand. "Nothing to it, boy, when you know the ropes. But last night you told me you had taken the girl out to try to pump something out of her. What as It? What's doing?" From beginning to nd I told him the whole story In all of Its perplexing details, starting with the day that ? had received my great-uucl- e Kufus note that hnd led to the chance meeting with Miss Bradford, bringing In my discharge and the disappearance of the Gaston pearls, and explaining what made me think these facts were In some way Involved with the attempt to blackmail the JBrsdfords. "What do you make of It?" I asked aa I ended my narrative. "Who do you think Is at he bottom of It?" "I don't think," he retorted. "In our business It does not pay to think too quick. You're apt to convict the wrong party." "But you must think something," I protested. "I think," he said slowly and meditatively, "thnt there's a lot of crooked work going on I'll say that much. And you and Miss Bradford's pretty close to being the center of It." "What can we do about it?" "There's a way I learned from a lawyer that ain't bad. He'd take his client and put him In the center of a big circle with lines running in all dimistaken rections alibi, insanity, Identity, no proof of guilt, lack of Jurisdiction, escape on legal technicality he'd mark out every possible defense. Then he'd follow each line out and see where It led and what plan the opposing lawyers would be likely to spring on him. Generally he got his man off." "I don't quite see how that applies." "You don't, eh?" He traced an imaginary circle with his forefinger on the table in the little back room where we were sitting. "Here's you and Miss Bradford in the center, surrounded by a lot of mysterious deviltry. We'll make two circles. This Inside one is the things that have happened to both of you the wall safes opened, the papers stolen, the pearls gone, tha anonymous notes, the blackmail threats, the loss of your Job, the voices you've heard. Now on this outer circle we'll mark down all the people who might be mixed up in these things mind ye, I First, there's say only might be. Lefty Moore's woman we know she's a crook. Then who do we know that knows her? Thcs Jit least two Mr. Wick, the superintendent that hired her, and this Mil Henry Kent, whose apartment she telephoned to. Then there's all the rest of the help In the house. Any one of them might be her pal. Then there's the flighty " Bradford girl "You don't suspect her, do you?" I cried, horrified at the prospect of his Investigation taking this turn. "Be easy," he retorted. "I'm not I'm only putting suspecting anyone. There's the Bradford tnem down. He's a biggirl and her amist and that makes am a crook. Those "wo men you saw tu the park, them with a scar on his face one irell nm them own. You know n . IV i:i trnr-fue- i d man goes o, so Thre's the man who shadowed you would you know him again If you saw him?" I shook my head doubtfully. "I'm afraid not," I admitted, "you see " "Don't bother to explain. You either would or wouldn't, and that's all we need to know now. There's old Mr. Gaston and his wife. It's queer about their ducking out so suddenly and leaving no address, but maybe they're let's see who else Is only scared. there the Bradford servants and the old man's, the old washerwoman and the families who live In the house. We've .got the circle pretty well covered, haven't we?" More and more I had begun to appreciate how valuable the services of an experienced detective would be likely to be in helping to solve the mystery. "Look here, Gorman," I said, "why can't you take charge of this case for us?" "What's In it?" he asked. My face fell, and my enthusiasm died a sudden death. Once more I was confronted by the specter of my Of what use my talking poverty. to a investigator like Gorman when all the money I had In the world was less than two hundred dollars, out of which I had to live until I found employment. Yet I must serve Barbara Bradford. "If you clear up this case," I announced, "111 give you every cent I've got In the world." He shook his head. "It ain't enough. If I take this case, it won't be for the money that's in It. For that matter I can get ail I want from old Gaston for getting his pearls back. That'll be enough." "Then you will take the case," I cried jubilantly. "On one condition. That you'll promise to keep everything away from the police." "I'll promise that for myself and Miss Bradford, too. That was the one reason she advanced against my She was telling you about things. afraid you'd call In the police." "Never fear about that. There's nothing I'd like better than to put It over that bunch of young reformers they've got down In Center street. This hotel work don't suit me, anyhow. I've been thinking of opening up an office of my own. The recovery of the Gaston pearls would be a nice feather in my cap to start with." "I see," I replied, "but you'll need money for expenses and that sort of thing, won't you? I have " "Leave that part of It to me," he retorted with a quizzical smile. "After all the years I was on the police force I ain't exactly broke by a long shot. All you've got to do is to keep your eyes open and let me know all that goes on In the apartment house. I'll attend to the rest. Don't do anything, though, without consulting me first." "I'll gladly promise that." "Good enough. We'd better arrange then to meet here every day at three sharp. It's as good a place as any." "I'll be here." "And look out you're not trailed. They may try shadowing you again." "Who do you mean by they?" I asked eagerly. "Them that trailed you yesterday," replied Gorman with a grin. "If you don't know, I don't know either yet." From his manner I was confident that he already had a shrewd suspicion as to the Identity of some of the miscreants. The maze In the center of which he had placed Miss Bradford and myself meant far more to him, undoubtedly, than it did to me. More than likely his vast knowledge of the methods of criminals and his acquaint anceship with others like Lefty Moore had given him clues enough as to where to look for the plotters. I real ized that It would be useless to ques He would admit tion him further. suspecting no one until he was sure of their guilt, a quality I admired greatly. "You can count on me," I repeiite-"I'll be here at three tomorrow." Yet how foolish It was for any of us to predict what we will he doing or where we will be twenty-fou- r hours from now. Seldom do things happen in the routine of our lives as we had anticipated. I was not there the next day at the time appointed. By no possibility could I have been there, however much I might have wished to. Many things had happened in high-price- d quick-successio- How it came about that my promise to meet Gorman went unfulfilled can best be explained by narrating t of the evening aftr-- I returned to the Granddeck. It wt nearly five when 1 left the detective. I strolled leisurely down town and had dinner In the cafe where on one occasion I had man I seen the lingered there for a long time over my coffee hoping in vain that he might appear. I even ventured to cautiously qneJfhin the waiter and head waiter, describing ihe man as best I could, hut both of them Insisted that they never had seen any such person. As I walked home 1 kept a wary eye out to make sure I was not being followed. 'hut apparently no one was nw shadowing me. r scar-face- d y when I reached It was home. It had been arranged that Barbara about ten would signal me that we might have a chat from our respective windows. As I sat In my room waiting for the time to come, I was reviewing the case In all Its aspects. Indeed there was hardly a waking moment that I was not thinking of the many mysteries about us. I was wondering if, when the case wa cleared up the mysterious whispers that we all had heard would also be I recalled Claire Bradexplained. ford's unexpected visit to my apartment the evening before and her conI fusion when I had captured her. wondered If the explanations she had offered had been the truth. Was she really trying to locate the source of the whispers? I looked Interestedly up at the section of the wall that I had found her Inspecting. What had she hoped to discover there? I decided to make a close inspection of both sides of the wall. As I lighted up the sitting room and hall for this purpose, something unusual came to my notice that had hitherto escaped me enturely. THE INNER WALL OF MY ROOM the one running along the hall of the apartment HAD THE APPEARANCE OF BEING AT LEAST FOUR FEET THICK. It seemed so absurd that I refused to believe the evidence my eyes had given me. In these modern days of steel construction there was no reason for a wall being of medieval proporI sprang to my great-aunt'- s tions. work basket and began rummaging to see If I could find a tape measure, and luckily my search was quickly rewarded. I sketched a rough diagram of the rear rooms, and began measuring them off. carefully checking my figures as I went along. I found myself growing wildly excited as the tape measure confirmed what my eyes already had told me. The Inner wall was at least four feet thick. With thrills at the thought of the possibility of a secret passage there, I climbed up on a chair just as Claire Bradford had done, and began Inspecting the wall inch by Inch. Even nine-thirt- "What is Itr secret passageway L I my room. It seems to run si 1 hail. The wall there feet thick-ro- om fer a There Is a panel in the wa mM JH room leading Into It. I wa. "1 tag it open when you signaled.' f "Oh, how I wish I could "Why can't you? Slip out Tftl,t front door, and I'll be at Jjse aarau you." 'art .... ll?f U, i 1 nn 110 or Z playing bridge with some guests. will be sure to iear me going onL. ' "Come In tomorrow mornlnr " I suggested. She did not answer . realised what she was doing, Barbartf " ""a makin ieuge her perilous way across to my window "If Claire can do this, I can - 'g announced triumphantly, as L tu. bllng all over at the thought of the peril she had been In, put my uan about her and helped her In. "Darling," I cried, still holding k In my arms, "don't ever do that again. It's too dangerous. Promise me, to bara, dear, you'll never again trt that." WTIth her pretty face flushed terms of endearment that had at the unw- ittingly escaped me, she laughingly released herself from ray arms. "That was nothing," she said In i tense whisper. "Where's the panel Relieved to find that she was not angered by my presumption, 1 hastened to turn up the light and pointed at the hole in the wall. As I had done, she sprang up on the chair and endeavored to push the panel further back, but was unable to budge It Quicker wltted than I, she then tried sliding it along. At the slightest touch It slid back in a groove, revealing the opening leading into what? Striking a match, we both of ns The space between the peered in. walls was certainly high enough and side enough for a man to walk there So far as the flickering in comfort. light of the match enabled us to judge, it ran the length of the hail, and near Its further end there appeared to be some steps. "Come." cried the Intrepid Barbara, "let's explore it." "No," I said firmly. "We mast do nothing until I have seen the detective. We have put the case In bis hands." "But we must find out about it," protested the girl. "Tomorrow," I said. "We know where It Is. We know where the voices and whispers come from now." T wonder," she said thoughtfully, "If there Is the same sort of a passageway In our apartment?" "Promise me that if you find there 13 one, you will not attempt to explore It alone." As we argued about it we both blanching stopped short and with lt soraewhere-From listened. faces we sounded as if it was right below were two people If as sounds heard Then came a woman struggling. scream with tbe deatt wild a shriek, terror in it. The sound seemed close at hand. It seemed to come right n? which from the opening in the panel by we were standing. awful Once more there came aa short M off scream a scream stopped tw if some brutal hand had throttled woman's throat. "What is It?" cried Barbara." s "Listen," I commanded. to come from the floor below." strained our Holding our breaths we suddenly a ears for further sounds. was .tlud v nrwl l huui tang uui, a. in harp to the Boor. as If a body had fallen . Then all was silence. turneo With terror In our faces we to each other, seeking an explanauo which neither could give. "Mother Claire!" cried BarM go d1 "They'll be alarmed. I must to them at once." ns-- As I, Trembling All Over at the Thought of the Peril She Had Been In, Put My Arms About Her and Helped Her In. as I did so I could not help laughing at myself. The idea that a modern apartment building might contain a secret passage was utterly ridiculous, yet as I pounded lightly on the wall it gave forth a hollow sound, vastly different from any other part of the room. I was convinced that between my room and the hall there was space enough at least fot a passageway In which a man might walk. I surveyed with growing interest the wooden paneling that in my room ran clear up to the ceiling. In the other rooms there was no paneling. Mounting the chair again I pressed shnrplv against the wood at the point from which the sound had seemed to come It seemed to me it gave a little to my touch. I struck one of the sections a sharp blow. It dropped back a full half-incleaving what looked like a doorway- -a space three feet wide by five feet high. The bottom of the was opening hardly two feet from the floor. If there was a passageway here, this panel certainly would explain how my rooms had been surreptitiously visited. Feverishly I worked at the panel trying to push it further back. If there was a passageway there in the I was determined to see whither wall It led My efforts to move the pane! further seemed hopeless. As I worked at it I heard a tapping on my window sill It must he Barbara. In mv excite- ,hs nd I had forgotten all he ,i1P. fnm) rhit.r and rushed toBprnng the window. I found her peering out, trying to ascer-tar- n why I haa answered her sig. "Oh." she breathed with relief, as m.v head appeared, "you were there. Did you see the detective?" "Yes," I replied, speaking as low my excited state would n" bm just now , discovered permit something iast! more important," aW, X ire "She's been murdered. Get the police quick." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Taught Chinese Lacemakinfl- was art of lacemaking The tn taught to the Chinese of the district by foreign missionariesoeu twenty-fivago. They years . . . '"" uiai ny teacmng ,,,L-iin'a1"""" D the e r " em-e- n and girls would find profitable hnnlPS. BU " pioyment within tneir ,nduS. the subsequent spread of the im try has fully justified u Although first taught in Hsia . Hsien was the first distn" made. !..!.. wnicn lace was extensive ou 'f . Time Measured by Candle ..... 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