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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX Inclined to think, he was perturbed most by his speculation concerning the things he could not see. . . . I ,wouldut care to In the two when Gamble summoned him .the ALUMINUM PLENTIFUL following morning, he found that BOTH HUMOR AND The niovt abundant metallic eleArcher was still In his bedroom, bePOETRY EVINCED ment In the earth's crust Is hind a bolted door! Tbe man nimst put hours that Wrede sient betweeg, have felt that the whole world had IN PLACE NAMES eight o'clock and tenliai night. He gone Insane. I Imagine he rushed realized that some llcclslon must be hall closet, when Gamble vvasn t In thern mountaineers whim made that some action must be looking, to check his TIBtS sanity, so to ,cb1 tno taken. But be had nothing wtiat-ee- r speak; and then he saw the den,! to go on: his imagination was body of Brisbane. Some of th of hi songs and hoe downs but In names comh.emoratlug some hli only guide. truth, at least must have dawnoff PROSPECTIVE MOTHERS episode more or less And he came back!" said MarkHe killed his him. had upon Mm. E. W. nm of 339 or Broke comical dug tragic ham huskily. his h.n grimly ally by accident. Nn. 7th St., Wnt Proo, creek. ridge, Chunky Vtah, laid : I)r. Pien' les," nodded Vance, "he came mental torture he must have suf ia pavnrita back. lie had to come buck! Rut fered ! And there was also in is Gal mountain." Seldom Seen hollow, crrtam'jr wntvlrrlul for extw vlvidv, iu that Interim of his Indecision mind the terrible problem of A- Rip Shin rldgts otirh! Ilefore taut mother. vrf po little gui gi horn 1 vai I wonder the man that recalls certain scrambles through something unforeseen and bornblc telier's death. weak. I oiri frelinx very had taken place. Brisbane had re stood up so well when we u 'lived stony thickets Burnt Shirt moun. the prearrijitKiu and it hrlped to hu Id up tnjr tya-- turned to the house he hud re- The cfdd desperation of the firm' tain, Jerk "TTin Tight, Hanging I'og trm. I expmrnced eery r creek, Headforemost mountain, turned stealthily, letting him-e- if tn necessity, I suppose. . . little di.romfort when bahy caiue. I al creek used the 'Preacripti'in' following childbirth creek. Blerv C.lrrn-- d with his own key. He had returned Markham moved about the n 'em nd I .n rexained my normal atrmgth Devil's Courthouse, nnd so on, to kill his brother: He looked Into the , r slM, t.l I la 60 iu. liquid S14KW restlessly. W.NU ,u. the library: the lights were on, but In Cumberland Tennessee, county, "1 see It all," he muttered, as if SERVICE. Archer was not there. He went to to himself. He stopped and swung two beautiful brawling streams unte. shrewd brain flashed the thought of the drawer of the table and took round. But what of Wredes at- whose names nre No Business crock CHAPTER XII Continued out the revoher. Then he went up Cn land How Come You creek. whom murder of Grassi? he Liang, had tempted susalways 18 stairs. of a Is he saw hntk the there Perhaps story light That was logical and In kecpln; douhredly, rare book, Markham. pected of being more than a serv- through Archer's bedroom door, lie Here name. each He ant. with his character," said tame figured that if he left the In It I want to prC'g a passage ri11 Chinese dagger where It would be ojiened the door. . . ," H mi sir Tt Mitrit. mriui Miss Lake explained tie mountaineer Is often was It I remember, As i hi a lug f r d to you. Vance paused. wton Honk Arbmd, miisU found in too. and the deserlp U gracefully of Tootle, his rival. rede would Frewli, N library, Liang Rl! large, Jealousy Hill Anirliit, rtllf lucky Y 1 the chapter on Rye." He turned be the am Inhe had successfully pulled tlve In his place names. The touch logical suspect lie threw clined know, Markham, as thought relates, "The anil luscious passage vegto think that Brisbane was the w ool over pages. Atrnli 3V ('ommlMlon, Idngrlrt, our eyes, and the fact of melancholy In his nature Is Cumber-d- g the dagger Into the Ting yno vase. lovMVfit prl nunmU-as fr bunun Nation-ecMl, to the duke of for any emergency, 1h grown prepared lie can etables But recurrence he threw in too the it denml Hrb him hard. know frequent by c It broke had confidence. lie nidw,Nrw visit to Rye, when be made worked out a scheme for killing names' vase as and Lonesome the and of such back-In Wrede he where was the again aril actly dagger was; j right in your inspection of the defenses of SHI I OKI l.lte fomplet garden for $1. placing him in ids bedroom knew the domestic arrangements of Troublesome. Desolation, Defeated quandry. He picked up the dag- Archer, Kourtorit Ac h krt different kind neighborhood and was enterwith the use or if in his revoher and one hand, corrv you garden, and Ur It Come, in Boor Falling ger the Coe house; ha had a key to the the other vase kt nrh Fork, Kingdom placed ed by Mr. Lamb, who was still on then bolting the door from the hall, rear nmrlgnlfL sweet ca pea, crthnduiaa lenre the table. creek and Water Then Purebred 1 he significant knew D.doubt and 11. Vcgche isN. Owror door'; Uiorlle urgo, gathered up so as to make lt Ferry's Ah, here It -I the nr. as suicide. of the broken lock on Grns-i'- s doer names of streams. Craggy Dome. appear of the fragments car: These Ting yao, ie I dont bore yoii table Seeds the kind ried them through the kitchen and And when be saw Archer sitting In He had probably brooded over l.K BaKom Cone, the Black Brothers, have been kindly given me his easy chair, apparently asleep, he that have been AmerLittle loss of a wealthy bride uni .1 lie Lone Bald Thmulerhend, placed them in the garbage pail almost the only living represent-v- e on no doubt felt that the fates were rear the no could IlavvkMiill; to The the Snowbird, Grandfather; be resist porch. longer urge families poker 0f the icas favorite seeds for had thrown Lack on the hearth. with him, that his road had been follow up his as he thought -- me Crnybcnrd and Wine Spring Bald kblch have otherwise died out In made I can him see easy. three generations and tiptoeing cessful murder of Archer bv the jare all mountains lyrically and deAnd he left the house through the e. In regard to the Grebell mur-- r across the room to the easy chair murder of rear named. would Grussi. entrance, behind thus more. Dont miss tills lie the where the passed scriptively my informant gave me some other snt. I can see him have won a In the vacant over hedge lot. unlatched Ffrri, In to complete North local a man victory the I mountain asked rticulars, unknown chance to economize! the gate at the rear of his apart place the revolver against Archer's the forces that had temporarily de Carolina whether a certain bold proronlclers, in part at least, that and the pull trigger, ment house, and went to his rooms." right temple feated him. Ills frustrated ego montory hnd a name, nnd I have a physiologically Interesting. Mr. the Impact of the bullet drove Archt prtM So so said far, again. And had It not been for pleasant memory of the slow lift of Markham good," cbell had been supping with his er's head to the left. Then I can of "But what the When you Brisbane?" Liang's perspicacity which Wrede hls eyes to where It towered 1.000 and Lamb, having Brisbane? Ah, yes. He was an see Brlsbune place the revolver In underestimated nnd the shift of feet above us, and the soft drawl of comme business In the town, of Archers hand and return to the Grassls arm, he would have sue specials our But Wrede hls mellow, low pitched voice ns he his scarlet overcoat On Te- unexpected element In where be door, opcarefully put knew nothing about It cecded." As 1 Yas. hits cnlied the answered: rming late through the church-rd- , eration the mechanism he had AR But what," asked Markham, Winter Star." Alvin F. Harlow In announced in the felt some one push beav-a- s see It Markham, Brisbane bad worked out for he door the MODUi bolting to get rid of Archer that planned first the Wrede Idea that and you Rost. gave him, he the Evening against thought Saturday ANTIQU Ills trip to Chicago from the halL . . . My word, hnd committed the murders?" Get away, you same night Pt Strife 'rely remarking a situation what Markham, was merely a blind. With his The Scottle, Markham, an unken hound," passed on to Lamb shooting a dead man, and then of criminology and his swered Vance. After having found on use, quite unconcerned. He duly knowledge the to elaborately setting stage shrewd technical brain, be had she to as 7orted the incident bnt as the belonged Iligginbottom, They mean bargains worked out a perfectly logical prove that lt was suicide iuily were going to bed, said he Good G di" breathed Markham. certalned that he had given her to means of in doing awhy with hi !t so tired that. Instead of going But during this tragic farce," his Inamorata who lived In the Belle brother and having the crime ap I once And Malson. followed hod me, he would have a sleep in for you. They are Vance went on, "Wrede bad arrived In the pear as a suicide. Naturally he at a decision. He bad" decided to the Scotties trail and knew that e armchair by the fire. merchose Wednesday night when he sue belonged next door, 1 made a rning he was found dead, with come back to Archer Coe and finknew Archer be would alone In the bit of an Investigation. I learned stab in the back, which had chants who not house. lie established his alibi by ish, for all time, the crime which from a perfectly honest Irish maid used Internal bleeding. . . . he had only started. He afraid to announce nountr Markham stood up and walked having Gamble make reservations apparently himself of the Ting yao that both Iligginbottom and bis ladv bethought on the 5:15 train to Chicago. Ilis their prices or the k and forth across the room. I Eacs vase he bad broken, and perhaps fnir a Miss Ikdafleld hnd been a Good G d !" His words were plan was to go back to the house farewell at the dinner time having quality of the merand take a later train. It wns an fearing Us absence would be noted, Coe was murdered. Y see, I had arcely audible. "So thatF the a superficially sinil out be picked chandise they ! No wonder we couldn't excellent idea, and It was almost lar vase from his own small collec- thought perhaps that some blond iderstnnd the things that hap-ne-d detection proof. And he did come tion and carried lt back to the Coe lady with a Duplalx lipstick had there that night Unbelie- back to the house, Markham, with bouse. The hour, I should say, was admitted the Scottle Into the Coe the definite intention of killing ver around teu oclock. . . . Wrede house earlier In the evening. But Archer, Miss Delafield used Vance had sunk back Into his opened the gate of tbe rear yard, although I dont see1 Still, and had undoubtedly ne lipstick took a air. relaxed, deep and left lt ajar; and It was then Oh, its all quite simple," Vance on called Ooe before t Archer like a man who had sud-nl- y on went on. "But before Brisbane re- that the Scottle followed him It was not she who had seven, found a friendly settlement In went errand. the his dark lie turned that night, strange and the midst of s hostile Jungle. rear door of the Coe house, leaving let the Scottle In; for the little dog things happened. The plot Scottle followed. was In the Delafield apartment aftReally, Markham,!, fee said with became KNOCK THE BOTTLES COME OVER TO CEE, WHAT A fluttered with compiles lt open andwastheblack He er nine o'clock that night, and had slight upward glance, taking out and still. Everything ! I LOST THE BALL RACK win tlons, and Brisbane, lnsjeid of ere GYP s cigarette case, "111 never for-'went through the dining room Into disappeared some time between I'LL TAKE s crimerwalked a into t perfect nt and which then atlng hour ten, BALLS ILL MONEY for THREE SHOW ALL MY AND this never! It was you tbe library, and placed his own Inmore diabolical than one the a search for A DOLLAR'S u ho guessed the solution. And plot I ferior vase on tbe teakwood base tbe maid Instituted ROWIN' FOR YOU HOW TO TH Z3 .new himself had he conceived. I her. learned that the Moreover, It all the time, but I couldnt WORTH where the Ting yao vase had stood. Vance moved In his chair. BASEBALLS could have entered the Ooe relate my knowledge." He took the dagger from tbe vase Scottle "This is what had happened in AT BOTTLES Markham came to a sudden halt be had hidden It, and house only If some one had unlocked meantime: Archer, recovering in which the' between the Belle Malson the gate What do you mean by saying . ." . hall. from the blow of the poker, and not moved toward the and the vacant lot next to the Coe nt I guessed the solution V Vance raised himself a little in residence. And I further learned Didnt yon say." asked Vance realizing that he had also been his chair. JITUl went upstairs to his bedehMl stabbed, that there was no way for the Scotthe "that idly, one could room. only way "And when he reached the door, caUla were The shades and tle to escape from the Belle Malson, up, plain the circumstances was by a figure coming own apartment, Markham, he saw from his Wrede, ? except into the rear yard. Only assumption that a dead man down the stairs from the second some one who had unlocked the Iked upstairs? . . . No, Mark could Bee him across the vacant U L No one will ever know floor. There was a light in the and opened the rear door of gate in, I am sure I shall never for-r-e lot. to Uk.9, what thoughts went on in Coes brary, but it was not sufficient the Coe residence would have given you." an absolute recognimake possible mind this time. But at her the opportunity of entering the obviously snt down and muttered piarkham was Incensed at Wrede, and he tion of the figure on the stairs. To house. And Wrede was the only he disgusted oath. He smoked a Wrede that figure was Archer. Lie in silence. probably sat down to write him a person who could have done Oils. him ever to put (Archer and Brisbane, you'U recall, letter forbidding The following year Hilda Lake rThe Internal hemorrhage exsame height and gen foot Id the house again, ne began were of the Grassl were married, and the and pins many things," he admitted to feel tired perhaps the blood had eral build, and they did not look alliance seems to have been highly pally. Hut I still dont under-an- d Wrede stood behind commenced to choke his lungs. The dissimilar). Brisbanes death, and the st the Ubrary door successful Vance became tbe ownthe portieres pen fell from his fingers. He made ited door," Id his hand, and er of Miss MacTavlsh. lie had. bean effort to prepare himself for the daggef grasped come attached to her during the And yet, d ye see," returned bed. He took off his coat and waist- waited tIU his opportunity came. be had nursed her back to mce, "it ail fits in perfectly, now coat and hung them carefully In The shadowy figure came down the days and the romance (If one at we have the health, closet toward the walked and key," the closet Then he put on his stairs call lt that) between Hlggln-bottomay lay back in his chair and door at the end of the hall, Brisgown, buttoned It and tied and Doris Delafield ran on dressing etched his legs. He took sev- no doubt going back for belt around him. ne walked bane was the rocka after the lady tbe shortly a had he which and hat u his cigarette and half to the windows and pulled down the overcoat return from Europe. After her ,sed his eyes. In. But on Wrede, coming the shades. That act took prac- left there Inflamed break with the major ahe showed I think, Imagination, asMarkham, I can re- - tically all of his remaining vitality. with his Interest In the dog; and was Archer nstruct the amazin and contra-rt'r- y preparing little lings He started to get his bedroom slip- sumed that In appreciation of some bouse to tell some one occurrences that took black mist of death to leave the the but which he considered favor nebulous place pers, him to the to the Coe domicile last Wednesday was drifting In upon him. He of the attack Hereport done had Vance him, made him a : couldn't be sure I doubt if Wrede actu-t It fatigue the result per- police, perhaps Vance placed of the bitch. thought present dan y planned to murder Archer Coe haps, of the blow Wrede had struck be only knew that lt spelled In but hls ahe did not her kennels, And he was more at night. The idea had no doubt him over the head. He sat down In ger for himself. be seem to sod he happy there; "'D. in hl mind for a long time, his easy chair. But he never got up, thoroughly determined than ever to her his took into apartment finally to Archer. he had obviously taken the pre-- Markham. He never changed his put an end has her, and she has been as I now see It, had He still of ecurlng a Brisbane, Sometimes T e. duplicate key shoqs. As he sat there the finaljn-evitabl.."penslooedfor-llfnga," whl cB"h e think him I JutHPa ; dMr; stifled mr' would Vance rather part fog thgt I have a feelln see the had used for bolting Archers door. with one of his treasured Cazannes he wished that I Good G d, Vance y to argue when In the pocket of bis various matters out horror of it," breathed Markham. with little Miss MacTavlsh. from than blm came upon Wrede silently ;h Archer last Wednesday night be- sinister in THE END.) that these All steps ac ually into resorting to murder. It's situation," Vance continued, "are behind and thrust the dagger called on Archer clearly. Indicated. . . Bnt think, his back. He collapsed ImmediateTh. Eya and to convince him what must have gone on In Wrede's ly, and Wrede pushed the body, rt la Important as en The was eye teeing Archers, which he thought winthe Pccfect ate mind when he looked out of his r Hin,WTUd and closed tbe a 'first aid to growing knowledge. Archer disagreed dow end saw the man he had mur tlrely Into the closet to the library ; Children usually have lt and aqme back went He door. Vl0lently That donTf dered moving about the room upthat he prob- grown people. For example, two time this was at It and on his erheaM ht frpiIDent that Liang stairs, arranging the papers over the Scottle. people or children may look at the maglne that the de- - desk, changing his clothes, going ably stumbled e him In. He de- same twig. One will see a twig. 1116 followed bad which P101 wflere blows abont hia affairs as if nothing what -- e ?-Cwill see that strange cided that lt was safest to get rid Tbe other The po.ker was quite ever had happened! a walking stick. nature of UES freak even She may 1 7' KD0W Ith and Wrele. s Vance Inhaled several times on of her immediately. see a win One h! 7 of ashes LaveLbarked. pr.mwte.JOTSLJQ'JwJ LrancLes. TLeotlief will see the hlscigarett- - a ndbrk-4feand be over stumbled he when her; into a small tray beside hltn. nest of a kinglet or the flatCh tor was In no frame of mind st that little 8ome outside to agent form of a red squirrel on the tened My word, Markham I Can you id him meet tew emergencies He moment to tched Imagine Wredes emotions? trunk. tree f Poker?r,the t0p He struck .Archer over killed a man; and yet he could look logically. He dropped the dagger joker th la iacklnto. theuase. anO.IckedLUR vacant 'lot and--sea cnrs Alcohol lay Forneatatioa poker. Then he struck the Scotl!ertr feP orward against the dead man acting as If nothing had the bureau of Industrial alcohol simThe was It the lt and fracturing happened. Wrede had to start all tle OTer the head, 18 per cent alcohol by voldealthat of Hb luUHne says direct most way and Wa 10 over again. It was a delicate and plest Qand Is ume the highest that can be obcircuman unexpected f ,nferIrlty terrible situation. He knew that be ing with fermentation and this tained no for time was by, Med himh He there J oin Dizzy DeanWinners-car- ry Dizzys lucky Piece loked round the had thrust a deadly dagger Into stance when most favorable condiunder the only of dog The e Grape-Nut- s presence Send from one quicMv the thought top package, with was Archer cabinett.f I . 1thr dajxer ,Q Archer Coes body. But must In- was unexpected. Incalculable. . . tions. Tbe alcohol when lt reaches name and address, to Grape-NutBattle Creek, Mich., for -retribution ve and oul 18 per cent prevents the yeast from 4 as still all her Win 'with Pirn, Dtar Dm. membership pin and copy of club manual There can be little doubt that follow. And dont forget with rni cnirorl ad ' additional or In alcohol evitably swell list of brant, free Dean." bJct foiid Dizzy producing containing "i, was In a panic and with i iitterina Fry. for 1 or kills the the lights did not go out In the man reason.- - He Le. m . that prizes. (Offer expires December 31, 1935.) other destroys words, 1 SO Pnx No. Mtouofl even c not did w pickintop. And for more energy, start eating Grape-NutVlndlcated himself Archer Coea room. Wrede, to sufficient iaordcrins. 8 Pin, switch off the lights In the library. yeast. Pine. J. t Uk . has a winning flavor all its own. Economical, It Dm. a himself asked doubt, frantically arria-v- nb hit whole tjilng was amazing. He for two tablespoons, with milk or cream, too, The on was P8th' what times going thousand mono .ad rtn o. imot. (id, "lhl ftact.ria Multiply Fast ej the rear door, more varied nourishment than many a home went through provide Gnpy-NnI far He n. pack th honse behind those drawn ,shades. 'b Archer- - K Pro-N- o. There are bacteria that can mnl 303 ia Modap meal A product of General Foods. had left Archers he hearty that thinking incalculable there was not only feared the nf a la the coat closet Then, tlply a million times In Lei hours. specL Into his mystery of the situation, hut, I am dead body hHr 1 rce Tea-Breec- Prmcr-ptio- 1 1 1 ... Bore-Auge- S.S.VauDiue MORE ' LUSCIOUS CLASSIFIED ADS VEGETABLES tonse full-flavor- ed evt-gav- e , 1 llrly-tolrr,U2- 4 . a, ... Lamb-Grebe- Ist -. par-nla- ;( fin-qIi- - rs -- ll GROCERY BARGAINS ttjmeixcB cther-ln-la- ice RJDilllU TID'D bor-we- d OTPOttDaiiiiu ... 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