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Show LEW FREE PRESS. LEHI, UTAH . - 1 The glance Henri Jacques cast at the inspector was green with venom. "Mrs. Hunt said, if I'd get the silver to the white cottage, she'd dispose of it; that it was rare and worth lots of money, that a dealer would believe that it was hers, that he might suspect me. That seemed reasonable. Mrs. Hunt knew of a man to help. She said she'd take care of that will, too, she'd get money out of you for it and we'd go fifty-fifty.- " on, Henri!" Mark Trent's voice was hoarse. "I gae it to her. Ti e afternoon before the filling station mur holdup, I showed the man she sent where the s.lver v. as. forgot the keys rr.d ; t' ern ;n the doors. I th'-in the middle of re:..t;.-.heiea n.ov.c. came Uw.i e, went upstairs very quiet and g t them. The rr.an who was to i:..,. e the silver to the old lin.ousine v. as waiting in my room. While you were all laughing and eating downstairs I let him through into the Other House by the upper connecting door. He took the stuff through your house the Japs were out, and I pretended to go to Led. He was to make a cross on the white cover when he had it in the car. I drove it to the cottage. I went in to tell Mrs. Hunt the silver was outside, ready to take to the city. She she was on the floor. I swear she was. I swear I didn't touch her." "But you took that paper over there on the desk out of her bag, Go Niftiness for New Year Farm Topics 1 " FOUND FAVORABLE c '.' ' 0! , " ". i Trices. K r;r :.. ."' I ii SB rJAp, Tpl Cnveniricr.t Bureau Predict? H'-h- er I " ! 1330 DTITLOOK nni'lTPV c v .1:; . t:.-- k-f- CHAPTER XIV "Sit Continued 22 The inspector pulled a paper from his pocket. Mark Trent glowered at it as if it were a rattler with head raised to strike. "Here it is. The real thing. Signatures and everything o. k. I found "You found it in my desk, didn't you. Inspector?" Brooke interrupted icily. Mark Trent's eyes were stormy, bis lips were white. it" "That's enough. i Don't go on with Brooke." With hands on her shoulders Mark Trent drew her from behind the chair and forced her gently into the seat. She felt his presence behind her as he said sharply: "It's your move. Inspector. Let's get this thing over with." "It ain't my move, Mark. It's Henri Jacques'. He's going to tell you what's kept him the busiest butler in the U. S. You're on the air, Jacques. Spill it!" The command held the crack of a whip. Henri drew his fingers over his slack lips. lie made two attempts to speak before he produced a voice. "I'll tell the whole story, Mr. Mark, and it isn't so Lad as the inspector's trying to make out, I swear it isn't. I didn't kill" "Start at the beginning!" "I will. Inspector, I will." Brooke looked down at her clenched fingers. She couldn't keep her eyes on Henri. Once she had seen a dog being beaten who groveled as he groveled now. His voice shook as he went on : "It wa3 like this, Mr. Mark. Madame Dane sent for Clotilde and me to come to the living-rooone afternoon. It was the nurse's day ofT. She was in the wheel chair and Ma- - don, lion-tamer- 's this, Brooke." "But I am going on with it." "Let her tell her story, Mark. It's only fair to her." Sam joined the two men before the fire. "Jed's right, m'lad. The inspector found the paper in your desk. That's your cue, Brooke. Go on from there." Brooke went on. She told of her suspicion the first time she had come into this very library that there was a reason other than a passion for the sea in winter which had brought two men from the city to live in Mark Trent's house; and she told of Mrs. Greg- ory's admission, the afternoon before the Supper club party, that she had witnessed a will of Mary Amanda Dane's and that she had been warned by Jed Stewart not to speak of it. And how, almost before Mrs. Gregory's car was out of the drive, Henri Jacques had confronted her with a paper and the lie that he had found it in her desk. "Don't speak! Don't!" She interrupted her story sharply as Mark Trent opened his lips. "Let me Ml, W finish! "I took it with the idea that if I didn't, he might make more trouble with it. I let him think that I was considering his proposition that I pay him for keeping quiet. Of course I wasn't, but I can't expect you two men who have been suspicious of me from the moment you learned of my friendship with Mrs. Dane, to believe that. I was coming directly to this house with it. First, locked in my room, I looked at it to be sure it wasn't a blackIt mailing scheme of Henri's. wasn't. It was Mary Amanda Dane's will leaving all her property, except legacies to the Jacques, to her nephew, Mark Trent." "Stop and get your breath, if you Brooke; you'll crack-udon't," Sam warned. and I won't "I won't crack-ustop till I get this thing off my mind. It has been a hideous nightmare, holding back that paper, I mean. Of course the contents of that will were a shock for a minute; but I knew that Mrs. Dane had been just. Then I thought of the play, that the sudden appearance of a missing will there's drama for you, Sam might upset the performance; so I locked the thing in my desk. I had planned to bring it here this evening. When I got back from headquarters tonight. I went to my desk to get it. The drawer was empty. Now I know that Inspector Bill Harrison, your sleuth, had found it, Mr. Trent." "That's enough, Brooke." Mark Trent's voice was low and authoritative. "I don't believe that you have had that will. I know" "Wait a minute!" Inspector Bill Harrison cut in. "Come over here." He spread out the pappr on the desk. He drew a flat leather case from his breast pocket and removed from it a white scrap. "Exhibit A. Watch!" The scrap fitted into the torn corner. There was a glint in his eyes as they passed from face to face of the three men bending over to read the finely written lines. "I don't know what the rest of you folks think." his voice was as soft as velvet, "but, in spite of the fact I found it in her desk, I'm sure Miss Reyburn hasn't had the will in her possession ever since it was signed, because" He laid the tip of a corner: finger on the torn-of- f "Because I found this scrap caught in Mrs. Hunt's bag the night her diamonds were snitched." square-toppe- d CHAPTER XV For the length of time it took the old clock in the hall to chime the quarter hour, there was silence in the library, a silence as tense as if womthe still body of a black-haire- d an with the open bag gripped in one bruised hand lay in their midst. Inspector Harrison broke the spell. "And that ain't all I've got to show you. Bring him in, Tim I" Brooke's breath stopped as a tall policeman with huge ears pushed a cowering figure into the room. Henri! Henri here! Would he dare in the lie that he had found that will in her desk? ycr-ei- st i i ; . . i.' .t !: n.i- i.v The ,ir is c;h t toird pi , M"i j.. j iVC of .: ;.; . . U r f iy 4 pi lov.er. feed th r. .... ....) and . bailey, gra.i;--;.. ti :s ! w:il be the ura.n !;. 'I A: d the v a! ia: g Mipp y i.,r pou.try Keihrif: wi.iV tn r than in n.. nt e..rs. 'r . . h-i- -I animal, of fcru.iM-at.tiint. tS;e will L" v...-u!. Mip,...rS ( f '!.) .',. I oiiliry, v.rcc!u::y m tr.e ,?f l;"e at a r 1. :: I -:- i, . Ik-i- JJ I ! in other v.yu.s buiciu s..vs. the P ed si"..a""a next spring will h- much voraLic tn piuaacers tnan in ko.. 1.as a result of the amnio feed supp'y. it is cxp'H ted ti t tue o! chicks next soring wal i. lar.ger tknn the imall hatui this year. This lees to the coficiu.--.-r- J that v.'h.le i.iul'ry supplies will le smaller ir the iirt ba!f. they he hug' r in the last halt of Vj.'.i than in the corresponding per.ods of I"'i7 High', r prices of ihu keas are locked for in early 19:."!, whereas lower prices may be the rule a year from new. Stocks of og.s in cold stor;:e wiu li will a'l'ect egg prices next year are likely to he much h.s than they were in 1937. because of Corn m Tlie c the fir states, ; i felt it i..-'t- 'A j "I Won't Crack Up and I Won't Stop." dame Gregory was there. Your aunt said as how we were all to sign a paper in her presence and then she was to sign in our presence. She laughed kind of shaky and said: " 'I don't know much law, Anne-A- nne was Madame Gregory but I've learned how a will has to be signed to make it legal.' " "Did Mrs. Gregory say anything?" "Yes, Mr. Mark. She said, Do you think you should do this without consulting your lawyer?' and your aunt said that Mr. Stewart was away and she didn't dare wait till he came home because she hadn't been feeling well. We wrote our names. Mrs. Gregory left, Clotilde went back to the kitchen, and then the old madume handed the paper to me and said: " Tut that in my safe upstairs, Henri. I'll give it to Mr. Stewart when he gets back, but first bring me a glass of sherry. I'm tired.' "She looked so white I thought she was going to faint. I jammed the paper in my pocket and ran. When I came back with the wine. Miss Reyburn was standing by the mantel laughing; you remember that afternoon, don't you, Miss?" mm ft to give yourself a LIKE for the New Year, Milady? Then spruce up the with easv wav to chic. Here, forn instance. are three swcn make you swing mode Is that will modern as tomorrow and put you in the running for the title, "best dressed woman." Right now it's parties you're thinking of, so pick country. Inspector, if that expert a pair of eligibles from today's thief Mrs. Hunt brought ir'.o the trio and you'll be groomed to hobgame hadn't stopped to wash and nob with the smart young set. shave in Mr. Stewart's bathroom. Will You Dance? Fretty snappy guy he was. I supThe New Year's Party will be pose he had to dress up fine before festive and so will you in the he called on tier. She paid for model at the left in black moire. pulling him in. He got her jewels This is a very young frock and all right, and he was out to get Mrs. not a little flattering to the debuGregory's tonight. I wasn't in on tante figure. It has a skirt that's that deal, Mr. Mark." built for dancins, and the oh, so "Take him away, Tim." Inspec- smaller marketings. slender waist is no drawback. tor Harrison's eagle eyes followed While Ike production of fall Spic 'n' Classic. the two men from the room before and winter broilers this year is exThere's always a "morning aftthey came back to Brooke. to he heavy, the price is pected that's when you'll be and "Sorry I had to touch your desk, not likely to be depressed corre- er," to have a and classic glad Miss Reyburn, but a high falsetto spondingly because the general frock like the onespicabove, center. voice phoned me you had the will . meat supply is smaller. It is suitable to take back to I know now that it was Henri is school to rouse the roommate's this production year Turkey Jacques so I went through your estimated at 10 per cent less than envy and, pleasantly enough, it's roem while you were all at the it was in 1936. With prices expected so easy to cut and stitch, a fresh- I play. guess you're glad the truth to be higher than they were last is out. The minute I heard of that possibly higher than in bath stunt I knew who to look for. year and and production of That guy has made a specialty of 1933, the inhatch 1933 probably will be turkeys breaking into houses week-end- s where the folks were away, of mak- increased over this year. Pleasures are satisfying in inverse ing himself at home in the tub and Fust-Growing Pigs Are ratio to their cost. Bruce Burlon. carrying off what he wanted when he left, mostly men's clothes. Every great cause is embraced first the Best as Breeders Maggie Cassidy was right when she by an aggressive minority. Albert The best swine breeding stock said he was a swell dresser. He r.instpin. A nation can be judged by its ought to be. He's had his pick of usually cuuies from the heaviest W. II. said extension Taylor, the best. It's kind of funny when pigs, humor. Sinclair Leu it. you think of it, ain't it? When I swine specialist at North Carolina Wars are never won; they are accused him of killing Mrs. Hunt, State college. only and always lost. B. M. Buruch. So a to select good way he crumpled and spilled the whole breeding The lovelies! rainbow is in our story. He had seen her rings when stock, he added, is to weigh the litvision rather than in the sky. Will ters at time. weaning she engaged him to move the silDuranl. If all sows and litters have had ver. Wanted them. Knocked Hunt out first. He's a quick worker. the same care and feeding, the UHe and his pals aren't killers. tters which are heaviest at weaning There wasn't a gun in the gang-loa- time will be those from the best Rising Tide There's a joke to it, they sows. A new has made its The boar and sow magazine don't one of them know yet that pigs selected the coroner's verdict was 'heart fail-- ; for breeding purposes should be tak- appearance on the newsstands of the country. It is pictorial in charlire from fright.' I've kept that un- en from these heaviest litters. Boar pigs to be raised for pork acter under the name of the "Risder my hat so I could scare the truth out tf them. Well, Mark, your should be treated when four to five ing Tide," originally issued in Engsilver's safe and you've got your weeks old, Taylor continued. At land and now being prepared for this age the treatment does not distribution in eleven countries unaunt's money." "Thanks, Inspector, I'll tell you shock the pig as much as it will der nine different languages. The how much I appreciate what you've later, and the young pigs recover magazine is reported to be a nonprofit publication carrying no ad done, later. Sam, get Brooke's more rapidly. He also pointed out that sanitavertising but such matter that is of wrap. I'll take her home. You and Lucette stay here and get the in- tion and balanced rations are two interest to the people of the world spector something to eat. Wait for of the most important factors in who are seeking answers to their me, Bill, there are a few points hog production. "If you have not own problems. It is said that reed clearing up. I have some- tr.ed farrowing and raising pigs on problems are covered that these without rething to talk over with Miss Rey. clean land, give it a trial," he "said. gard to class or race, creed. then I'll come back." burn, Semi-Scaldin"You are not going home with me g Poultry and we have nothing to talk over." The water g for broilDid he think that he could wipe out the memory of his suspicion of ers should be 123 to 123 degrees her in this lordly manner? Brooke Fahrenheit, roasting chickens 123 degrees, fowl 123 to 130 degree asked herself. young turkeys 125 to 127 degrees o'd "Oh yes, we have." turkeys 123 degrees. The thermomSam chuckled. eter should be carefully chocked "One of the thirty-si- x LIFE'S LIKE dramatic situations. Snap into it, Brooke. It for accuracy. The time that birds should be in left the water is 30 is apparent even to this boyish inseconds. Hirds should be killed telligence tiiat Mark wants to talk bleed by my through tiie mouth and by to you alone. Fair enough. Why make him go on the air? Be kind sticking the brain. to him, he deserves well of hia I did. Inspector. belonged to me. But I swear I never touched her." "Take him out, Tim." Henri shipped to hurl defiance at Inspector B.ll Harrison. "You think you're smart, but you wouldn't have known anything about this till we were safe out of '.he I ptvH l m n i (eh 'Quotation p p didn't you?" "I told you once ei: ..a :i d. man can t go wrong, "tti version in flat crepe v.. d a carbon copy in sheer wool i: is superb both wavs. Ah, My Frier: How about a two-picr of larre and velvet for that roiring farrvlv n reunion over the ho! days? Thi model above, right, is two pieces but it's one with chic and figure tiattery. you n have your aunt ies making ohs and ahs and the bright young cousins calling you me aucness i Hunts more you'll look the part a stunning compliment to your family as weS as to the New Year. The Patterns. Pattern 1330 is for designed to 20(30 to 40 bust). Size 14 requires 4 yards of material plus 6 yards of ribbon to trim as pictured. Pattern 1397 is designed for sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 bust). Size 14 requires 3'2 yards of material. sizes 12 gros-grai- n Pattern 1396 sizes 32 to 44. Hi yards of is designed for Size 34 requires material for the blouse; Va yards of material for the skirt. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) each. 39-in- h New Pattern Book. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make yourself attractive, practical and becoming clothes, selecting designs from the Barbara Bell easy-to-mak- e well-planne- d, patterns. WNU Service. BeU Syndicate. Stnoh&il knout- - mill's Menthol Cough Drops 50 "... soothe a raw throat instantly." semi-scaldin- THAT countrymen." Agricultural Notes "Yes." They crossed the terrace in siThe flesh of s irks is a source of to "Direct your question me, not lence. The snow had not been tc Miss Reyburn, Henri. What did clcaied from before the door of poultry food. do with that you paper?" Lookout House. Trent swept Duck "I was coming to that, Mr. Mark. Brooke from her Mark have a greater fat confeet and carried tent thaneggs The old madame was taken very her into the hen eggs. vestibule. He an kept sick that night. Not until after she'd arm about her as he opened the If vegetables sprout and been gone a week or two did I think door. grow in Something turning like the the cellar of it." storage, it indicates that wings of an autogiro in her throat, the "Then of course you read it?" tempei ature is too high. cut off her protest. The green "Yes, sir." awaited them, softly light"You showed it to Clotilde?" Turkeys reach a marketing size ed, faintly fragrant. Above the "Yes. sir. " mantel the Duchess looked down only after 24 to 28 weeks of even "When did you and she decide to with grave eyes; below, coals, mur- rapid growth from the start fasten the theft of it on Miss Rey- murous as purring kittens, gave out burn?" a gentle glow. Perhaps the most common error The voice which came from bem the "Take off your wrap." management of permanent hind Brooke's chair set her Brooke slipped from beneath the pastures is to continue grazin ton A steadying hand rested on her velvet and the hands tightening on late in the fall. shoulder. her shoulders. She barricaded her"We we didn't think of it, Mr. self behind a A rewly-laichair. With egg has a freCzir. Mark. Mrs. Hunt suggested that." one arm on the Mark Trent I'Mnt much, lower than that of tV mantel, "How d;d she know about it?" faced her. His eyes, smiling a lit- albumen and water wluch arc Its Henri passed shaking fingers tle, maddeningly cool, filled her principal i on.-- i itui n!s. across his lips. with rage. She challenged: "Some way she found out that we "You would come. Why? Didn't Cutting grooves in the top rd"p of were going to sell your aunt's sil- you want to tell me before the oth- P'uiUrv roosts with a hand unP0 ver. Clotilde and I thought we. might ers that you had known about that and filling the crevices with kerons well have it as the strange girl will all the time?" sene will do much io keep mites off she'd left it to." (TO UK COMIMLD) iour poultry. By Fred Neher I living- -room high-bac- k d "U W" a" ticht ter Pa to sleep there til the v ripen. ' apple, started |