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Show n , - ,iV' 7," -- i.t. '? ln: v ,,,n ;e e.uit d .im. L.'.roVo U T N.f ,s, d(,(,r from Using It, tle'd it. jih t,! hid I VV.. hol.OVO in Put w!... r t 5 Hastings 1 1 lie kfev&i "a d.,1 it;- '! le i.l, o f,,m nt hand, i. -!rWf. niaio! donundod 1 do I k'ovv? !l - 1 I plv-- kit.ol oi:!ior ,., roiiiiu-ning- Of . just rhimg me. , , . .!ot.ta!r again when I ,t r: !.'i ri-r,- . i!t iMnahoy. . . . Those lot tors have dr.ion him erav," ' 5tlMCt'L - later, and stuffed it In IS p, with the diamonds. That iiisjtf, t , had torn tip the Initials mi l up with the diamonds to mv ro.ur lie had chosen me, I tm "iuIi because if he were discovered rl.er, hla fertile Imagination would con celve the idea of saying that i! rendezvous. If I, nlono, tlis. w ered him, he womd try to nuke love to me . . . It would he jui what he would think of . . . As f,.( the big diamond, he had liidd. n that, but after Anson's death-- . mid my suspicion Insisted that lie lmd killed her he had realized the danger he was In, with that body In his closet, and bo he had hut rled to get rid of the pendant mil at the 6ame time to throw more o the suspicion upon Deck. Some' things could not explain to myself.- Why had Petty Vim Alstyn fainted at Harrldens dread ful words? If she were guilty, then I could credit her with a moment's fainting weakness as she saw the fate she was bringing upon an In nocent man, but if she were not guilty. If she hod no reason to know Deck Innocent t could' hardly believe, after Mitchell' word about her, that she would faint: out of sheer compassion. .'And what about that crescent? VLy had she wanted it back from Anson? And hovr had Anson come to have It again In her hand? But Ihese did cot seem to me the essential questions.- The thing was to establish my suspicions of - verygrse ."Tea. Leila m -Ie: ; serving tea. The afternoon had darkened swiftlbutler drawing the y.. i saw the d Hffbtlng the lamps. It curtain seemed grange ta me that one ot hould be Elkins, El those butler face his drawn, going about kins, No time so unreveallngly, tasks his out. for his private grief. few momenta he was serv Id They were Ce-tobe- ing us tea. Mitchell and 1 took It In alienee ; he was preoccupied, and I know 1 Oh, It felt inexpressibly .forlorn. I had only known what to lay that morning to win tho girls confiby the lost dence! ! X was-haunte- opportunity, by the vision of Anson as I had first seen her down the pretty In her black and hall, Irhlte, her arms laden with those gay colored towel. I thought eras for each room, each lJyr Color room of death, for it was to the rose, room- and to the orchid room - that death had . come, and then something In my mind brought rue up short,. . If I could find out If I were hot . . too. late I turhed what must have been a very pale and excited face on the Oh, wait a molawyer beside me. T ment I .feald Incoherently. find out want to eofnethlng literally ran towards the stairs. . .'- '. 1 . . - Ten minutes later. I Was In my room, feeling as stunned and bewil- Ran-cln- dered as If I had Just run, racing, full tilt against a WalL; The thing (hat I la.1 found out- In those last ten minutes, the thing that my flash of Inspiration had led toe to, simply .did not fit in. Sheer accident must . have Intervened, . . ' Another maid , , , ' ! felt as If I were pinking In one of morasses where everything those , you lay hold on slips, out from un-.dyour clutching fingers. si filled 'The death of Anson-hamy mind that I had been forgetting lhe menace of all that bad gone he-- ' fore, but now It repossessed me very ' . , completely. . I was not so fright-ctiedfor mysqlf as 1 ought to have been; I knew my own Innocence so well that I w as naively sure I could hinke It cleftr, ."blit my forebodings deepened when' I thought .of Deck,. .blab strung, defiant, confronting Donnhey's 'hard; slowifo?uslng .dis- trust, imj . ijarrjden's. . . . outspoken-hate. knock came on' my door. One of the butlers, Graff, It wns, stood there with a note on the house A . note-pape- . r. came back' into my room, pressed on the lights and tore open the stiff paper. Scrawled Across the sheet was a single line, written I in Italian ? In Please be in the picture gallery ten minutes." . Some pf those minutes ! spent in brightening up that scared look Ing girl I saw in the glass "Youre not afraid," I told her. He Isnt going to choke you to death Before I left the room 1 wrote In English, below that scrawl on the letter, "X have gone to the gallery to meet and signed my name with the time. Then I went to' the picture gallory. Ita-ncln- CHAPTER. XII i . for" Flair for Fashions Hand-Quille- d By CHKRIE NICHOLAS . Last Is First Gladys Have you finished that book I lent you, dear? . Pamela Nearly, dear. Ive only, got the beginning to finish. . : ' Next Best Thing She Are you. in the habit of: speaking .to. ladies you dont, . know? ' He Ves the ladies I do' knoWj wont speak to me. " v isV. N . .. S i . - 4 v j i i "s ' A A' VS? ri : strolling with all the nice girls. ; sWv 4 9 1 She (coming out on the piazza) ' What I Only you here? Where have all the nice, boys gone? IIo (bitingly) Theyve gone off V her" ' ' Paired' V'VV7'" ' i Sigliilcsj Love Lester When did you first realize that you were in' love with ' . me? Lulu When I discovered that it made me mad to hear people call you ugly apd brainless. ! v; f Aj 1 Smm ?s, A r f . x - s ... Ier-hap- '. - t seven-thirty- - blood-staine- nar-rlden- ' . t There wns somethin; i bout you" lie broke off and i wlded, "If would have boon nil right coming with that tnessige. And I was despernte." He ward ( 'i St lie broke out now, "If Dan thought that letter would send me Ub a: to the id iv trie chair, hed sink Ids pride aiuI use It. Hed show me up, first ns the seducer of hts wife, then as (he iitmndoncr. If that last loiter got to n Jury 1 wouldn't have a Chiniunnng chance." He turned on me his hitter, desAY? i perate eyes. "I must get those letters. That my only wny. , , , lie can't he carrying them About with Mm, they're to bulky. They Wifey: Why'. do you .always, must he somewhere In the room." bathe with the hotel help? I suggested Hint they were probV fcstwynWi'iWiK'OV Hubby; I may get a chance to ably still In the hiding place lit rescue a cook to take home with the case. ' hort settlers whose descendants, farmTO comparatively -us. . "Thats right. , , ; Look here was re ers wives, living in live mountain time ago handquiltlng can you think of any way of gettogarded as form of needlework to of Kentucky carry on the work Obedient Boy ting hold of them for me?" lie be utilized and reserved for luxuri- day. . Hotchy Say, Peco! Holv did you stopped short, gripping hold of my ous Intimate apparel, robes, In this the possibilities Visioning ' ever arm. "The funeral la tomorrow to be an elephant' come 'negligees and auch. Th attractive handiwork, current style trainer? hell leave In the morning and tnke In vogu-Isthought no longer holds good. The creators have put experts Pcco Well, yuh see, my mhther. all the stuff with him. My only emergence of costume design at the service from chance Is now, . , , Do you think boudoir environs becomes e of native workers and thus Is added always told me to- try and master now the big things In life.you could work on your maid?" . garment event the dawn of new era to To do what? To stenl them?" for this In the work. allowing shops. exquisite needle, Id pay anything 1 could." ' "No .Means- -' The new tport coats and evening That faithful perennial ! knew It wns folly to. Imagine fash- lie When a woman says No Motives problem is with us Jackets now featuring in the bribing thnt sensible ninld of mine, Again, By way of' a new and In- Ion picture are made mostly of she is always ready to' be, .con-- '. , . . But there must be some wny, linens, cottons, smart vinccd. teresting approach to the subject I could see that Ms very life might woolens and dainty sheer She Yes; and when a man says satins, the we about talk perfectsuppose of are flowery prints, hold them. There challls. upou depend No,' be only, wants a little pergetting d sports ly fascinating I said again that the thing to do coats and evening Jackets such as geometrical designs, chock and suading to make him gr,y J don't waa to find out who rpally had are now In ptalds as well as plain colors in care if I do," prldcfully showing done It, then the letter wouldn't shops that make boast ot being flattering combinations. The stunning swagger coat In the matter. , Of All Things ever first" In fashion. ' .. of hand blocked made is At the look in tny face he flung picture There Holly (at a dance) Tuck away one or more of these challls in brilliant plaid. t is lined seems to be out, not unreasonably, "How can cunning and chic hand quilted garfamiliar in sorrielhing with plain linen. Just the tiling for the find out overnight? And then, ments In wardway you put your arm about your "I don't give damn who did It, I robe. Wear 'em, .on the campus and campus wear or to stroll about my waist. . town on an early coolish autumn tell you, so I gut out from under. to Wood There ought to be. I was parties and proms and you will Once Ive got that .letter I've got excitq live admiration and eevy of day. .. first husband.' ' your model to the The to get thnt letter! If I thought I the whole college. If you think could, knock. Mm nut ahd get this is .an exaggerated way .of put- right at the lop makes on Ideal knockabout country club coat. The '. away" ting, it, please take one long look HAIR COMING line. fashion here original was done in brown at the for satin voguo The. pronounced XIII . ...CHAPTER Regular use of pictured. The argument is closed', this fall bespeaks the appeal o! Glover's Mange o'est ce pas? coat thereof fashioned Medicine and tVAS a thoroughly shnhen Leif dates back Hand quilting really I la Soto'n' who went buck to tier to In like manner. Glovers Medicated e.arly history, some of the oldest ' Soap for the sham- The sport cardigan sel ahown room, to the tray waiting pidecs originating in China and check In foreground Is of bright monotone poo helps '. So We Begn to Walk Up and Down on a little tnblo drawn Close lo lief India. Tn (he general art revival excessive Falliog ft gay print, the with lined ' fabric rose chAlr. cushioned The soup, of the. Renaissance period Trapunto That Hugo Gallery. Hair and wards off had chilled, tlie food Cooled,, but quilting came, into extoctnce, the complementary waistcoat being of Dandruff. An aid to '' match-colo- r ho went crazy when they found tlie.coffee.ln thn thermos pot was with silver coin pique oormil hair growth the tame accomplished by quilting to Us lure. The eveand irilp health. A ik your Hairdreucr. the diamond; There were phrases hof, and I drank It gratefully,- My In double lines, raising the buttons to add design Jacket On panel) is In a Trapthat he'd gotten from them. .About mind wnj Just a sounding hoard space between Into, a bas ielic( ef- ning linen on lovesick unto compassion design on tny having for the words, and phrases of. that fect by drawing through wisps, of This model with soul about drowning myself la her lining. contrasting I"-M-'MWi-'i- H y soft wool to form a padding. past hour. comes hr exquisite Chinese color; . eyes! "Eve. flung myself Into yonr' ol north in. Women especially ings. A pcrfccl accessory to com"They were Itfautlfuji' eyes,"" t hands- - , . I thought her Aphro; England and In northern Italy ere frock Is said stonily, . I wus sick of ated unusually artistic and original plete' an 'autumn campus dlte Jierself. MORNING DISTRESS left above. This roundto shown Suddenly ! remembered Soto J d-n ( . her. . . dont give a who piece of Via the ; iadueto add, upset itomteh. about Jacket U reversible and bas I remembered those 'alow, killed thing. told English route 'the art of. quilting cither of them Milnesis wafers (the orig; blunt finger of Harrldens tnof her I'd give-heIt waa brought over by tlie English contrasting lacing. lie; tie inal) quickly relieve acid In gWuiiriNiviptpHtJila! a bout' 'wife's his dressing was more Ing tomach and give necessary Ilian qisAlon. pique casp, searching the.' key to elimination. Each wafer To play hell' with me. . . ' el case. t remembered their pause, And I thought that Nora .Unrrl equals 4 teaspoonfuls of milk LOOKING AHEAD TO their feeling over add ovefc ihe silk SILK . of magnesia. 20c, 35c U 60c, TAILORED I hud cohtfmicd to l .dead, den, lining, and the queer, . indefinable FOR COATS WINTER NICHOLAS CIIERIE Uv tlf very thoroughly with Hie look lliat. had pissed" oyer the man. '. Ing I had' thought man' face;'. , 1 .wanted to' se Those who prefer lo ignore the Monty Mitchell. him recollecting some. association. concerned was at heat Be, rate,, any by focusing their thoughts on Quickly I spoke, "i dont believe eff finding tho with .the the and fur coats will find problem winter, she showed therm I believe that , real killer, ,'and different styles in the lioped he had Sufficient she-found them he where, kept made 'some discoveries that would shops to keep (hem guessing' for them bidden under' the- dlnlng .In Ran hours as to which is the most Imbolster my' agalqst suspicions, her dressing ease." 'I tolil Jilm, In stairs I Down the portant. If theyre wise theyll started; a carefully lowered voice, ell the clnl, MEDICAL choose the moust becoming silhouto on second the floor, pausing' details. ette and forget about the others. glance along (he main hall to that No InstruIUoodleia, Palnleaa ,. He nodded. "TluH might be. More Closed door behlpd-which Noru Outstanding in fur fashions ts ments no anesthetics.OprratUna. Hopeless cases invitto them, Send her show for' Free ed. Booklet. DR. NOLAND, likely thajjthe' flared silhpuette, the width of D. C., 8044(or Uarrlden lay. Tomorrow live, door WlUhlra Blvd., Las Angeles, CaL Telling .hlra .about' me would be would-opehenqline contrasted with the slenand hen body would be Hed see red. Anyway carried enough.derness of the waistline. A cot of Its last restlrig place. this type is obviously' dressy, so the Its the same thing now. Hes read Uarrlden had .decided against hav DOGS, CATS, thfm. Probably been reading them Ing It moved te (heir. home. lie busy woman may prefer to pass it by in favor of a straightline "topall, these nights.".. WANTED: Dogs. Birds, Animals, Pets. Spewanted no. ceremony except at the coat"- model which proves servicecial bargains Parrokeets, Mocking Birds, I felt sorrlef for Uarrlden than grave. There she would, be 'left, Pheasants, Dogs, Cats, Pets. Exchange. able from morning until night. I had ever felt for any persoq In LAMB, 13S I. Jeffcraan, Detralt, Mick, under her mound of. costly flowers. life. ; toy Nora Ilarrlden. for FIpls "HeJovpd her terribly, I said, Fall Hosiery to Glisten Finis, too, 'for- Sonya. Anson. about fool her. , There would be. an Oh, he was for her Inquest in Bright Copper Tones ' 150,000 feet Used & New Pipe was a fool, too. In my time lie ac tomorrbw,- and afterwards, a simple A a copper for or rather penny I damned The know'ledged gfjmly. funeral service. In some undertakers Sizes VV', ", 1" your thoughts if youre thinking of W;" v est fonl alive. ! always am ab.out chapel, probably! Fewer flow colors that are good in hosiery at Structural Steel and Plates" Beauty. You know that thing of ers on her grave fewer headlines the moment The copper tones are am 'Oh, t Beautys In the press; Cecil Jobq Elkins for chief important shades that glisten with Monsey Iron & Metal Co. fool?. J thought her Aphrodite mourner. bronze of a new penny, the bright Ill Inti M list Ut bki (it). CM herself, all love and. loveliness." I went on 'downstairs. The house or of your burnished copper tea. Harshly he pronounced, And she there was a blaze of lights. 'In a kettle. The copper casts will conwanton and a a few minutes Monty Mitchell came 38-was a cheat andtinue into the fall, the fashion WNU W 33 makers tell us, because they condown. domineering devit What'a worrysort so well with the new autumn The very sight of him was reasing me Is that one of those letcolors in fabrics and shoes. New ters, the very last, was written In surance; he looked so competent, CilLTH'-tljlI'd been breaking away so unlntlmldated. a rage. taupes and grays are also coming Into the picture. and shed started threatening she "I wanted to see you," I con CHlii ! she couldn't known have fessed. Ive been hoping that might make me come to heel! I told you'd found out something." Wine Tones Are Popular WHEN kidney function badly and her I'd see her In bell before I He put his hand through my arm, VY you suffer a nagging backache, in Fashion for Autumn I wrote her that leading me over to the deep divan married her. with dizziness, burning, scanty or too The prominence of wine tones, freauent urination and gstting up at That would supply the motive, where we had first talked It over. and vintage greens in the on tailored the is grapes wouldn't It? All that the case lacks COXTISVED night; when you feel tired, nervous BE Emphasis ) (TO use Doan's Fts, sllupset theme for pajama costumes. The first fall fashions springs from the now. Doing away with her beDoan's ere specially for poorly made scandal." the fore she pajamas pictured is typicaL This Exposition Vinecole at the Tuileries Weatniinater Abbey's Flag working kidneys. Melons of boxes e is tailored of gray silk In Paris. 1 couldn't speak for a moment. In 1931 Westminster Abbey adoptare used every year. They ere recomhave women to American already glove stitching mended the couKtry ever. Ad red "It was definite," 1 said then, a ed Its own flag as the official en- shantungfinewith note in Bacchanalian Is this model This finesse. it caught little shakily. ne&fect sign of the dean. It Incorporates give of its to wear at a resort fashion. Evidences presence After a minute he brought out: the red and white roses of the Tu- not only good worn of clusters in seen one even grapes are or at countryside, may "She might not have kept It Her dors, the cross and five gold martin to see a friend and wear in the hair for evening, wine colors drop too been SL Edward of Confessor have the lets great. pride might this conservatively styled pajama in the first fall hats and leaf motifs i And Dans pride may keep him and the royal arms. In trimming.costume with perfect propriety. I know. -- Sf wll-ull- 0,Y'o &vmi t&Six: I M ...' . bed-jacket- s, h hand-quiltin- g - high-styl- hand-quilte- d I back-to-Colleg- e hand-blocke- hand-quilte- . - . -- back-lo-seho- ' g OUT? , hand-quilte- d hand-quilte- d -- . sllk-finishc- d spend-.thrlf- f V ' - ' . DARKNESS and emptiness greet me; the curtains hung closed against !h light, their heavy folds forming Mack oblongs, along the shadowy Teaches of the walls. for. the finding of Anson'a body: The darkness played on my nerves, That death bad bewildered and dis- and I reached hastily for the elec . tracted them for g time, but now trie switch. '.', of a door at the far The . ppenlng must they be all the keener fW ' end. of the gallery made me aome. decisive action. " .. 1 could . sqe Deck bpld up before straighten and whirl about, and started, toy .heart to, hammering, thepubllca8 an unscrupulous making love to a Tick woman, I told myself to be- 'wise and I told myself that this trying to trade .on her affection, wary drunkeniy threatening her when she was my chance to learn something, It was not Ranclnl who came In refused some aura, then murdering ter for the possession of the big that door. It .wa Alan Deck. ' lie diamond that 'mighty more easily, yas the apparition of the' first night I h'ad seen him there, bis handsome escape a- search. .' it bU. fitted together. '.Now that face marked with tormented bitterthe diamond whs found. Ilarrlden ness. . b surer ;than ever that Impulsively 1 started toward him ; had been right . , , He we met Id' the middle of that vast would make room. He murmured; a wry amlle everybody else sure,. 1 was glad I had spoken, to Don- on his lips, .I was afraid you might ahs bodt Ranclnl and Anson. s not come in answer, to 'my no(;er .1" stammered I had roused, enough suspicion my surprise.; "Oh fo Donnheys did acdid hla you'send ' that note?" you mind to delay tion against Deck. If only-m"AVho else?!' : , ,'.. clue ' . "But In Italian?".had. not failed me If only . I had found wliat I "Did you think it was Ranclnl?" expected to find . . . "ell 1 hadnt All right then, I he grinned. "I wrote In 'Italian be(bought determinedly, I'd see- what cause I knew you knew Jt,.and sort of case I could build up, any- didn't want the servants to rea-way It . . However,, that police fellow ; . Notfa Ilarrlden had been quarreltagged me. He's Just outside.' I said in a louf tone, "Well, he ing with a man In her room about . Itanclnl might have knows, we are 'here together, That .been the man for all his wifes testi- cant be helped ','' . But .he- can mony. tht he had been' in his own hear what we say If we stay away . ronr , , , Later, after Ilarrlden had from that door." gone down, be had Btepped Into So we began to walk, up and down bora's foom again. Nora had 'been that huge gallery. slabbed. Itanclnl bad a cane, with I expect it isnt very helpful for stabbing knife concealed In 'one you to be seen with roe but .1, ha(J end. lie had wiped It. off with a to see you somehow handkerchief "Theyve linked us so In suspl Not hla own, nis own did'' not cion that It would be only natural (natch that one. He for us to talk things over," I said had picked one of Dan's to wipe stoutly. up off the blood. . He bad locked Nora Not that the suspicion can do In the closet, fled back to his room, you any real harm," he declared, washed out the handkerchief and They cant do anything to you spread It on the radiator to dry. simply because the diamonds were Then, seized with the thought of found pinned In your dress. Theyll making the murder appear a sul have to believe your story. The cide, he had slipped back again, publicity may be deucedly annoythrust her out the window, after ing for you, but thats alLr I hoped he was right. stuffing the diamonds in bla pocket, and hurried down to dinner. "They may end by proving that His laugh , I pinned them there!" During the search for Mrs. Anson had happened to notice was ragged. He groaned out, "It's the drying handkerchief Per this circumstantial stuff that getj hap the prince had Ltflcsd it me I First my threats, then An--j ... Tiu foot lovo ittors that I wrote oh, months and months ns.i. The Jotters that st.o tlu'oaiot.o.l t show him." I was with stupid surprise. "To how Mm- -? Why what Sl.o w ante to play hell with me! That was what for.1 lie re Uieilihered to lower his Voice to II h.ud undertone, 'l'o make me in, in v her. To nnl.e Dan divorce la r 1 was Mil on; 'i, Put she wasn't -- 'it,. to let me off." I had nl Well, 1 knew then. pad heen "Ajs known, hut tiylnu to hold truth svvny rant me, to imagine a hopeless, romantic Inf.itu ition. , , , But It was a eurious soit of shock that he had heen "through." In a more guarded voice he went hi. "She'd made a scene flint lift moon -- that was what Elkins Svvoie shed got a divorce and make me marry her. Said Dan would divorce her like n shot If he found out, n ml she wns going to tell him. I told her Id give her the lie, and she said shed show my letters. That was the first time knew she hadn't burned them, as she had said. "She showed them to Mm all lie was right," Deck muttered, quoting from them downstair when lwite the world know t ciitnkod M wife,"- .. T like him fur Hut," Something in my tom must lave tung him. for lie :UJ quickly, Dvm't think any vvtre of me than 1 oil have tv. nw Mm first in ,i Joalons brute and she a a love marly r, I thought we wore on tilled to our love. . , , I didn't know Mr." He wont on talking In M tense undertone, the pent - iq emotion seething out In Mm. T was mad with worry that tirt night met vou here. l come up to try and ool off to plan a way out , , , I win vvondortng how to get hold of those letters , , , Wondering if 1 could play a game with her , . , rhen I saw yon nnd I thought, Damn It, there's a girl thats real a girl 1 want l know. and I Knew If 1 made n move to you that Norn would rip the roof off. I felt lied hand and foot. That mule me hotter than ever." "But you asked me It go up to tv good-lookin- . . Y l. I wondered if they find decided to arrest him. The finding-othat diamond must have) seemed to them conclusive. They' might .have arrested him at once,-1- ' thought, but . .,n np., ,d,. lot'ors, I,, G'uoio hi: toi cHAPTkB XI Continued 10 , EvMi Mitchell didnt sit In on that. He walke4 out beside me, linking V- . them." lo,teis,; v74U- - m.v y l!o Pyi IMarykn3r in tu ootivoii'oiify t' !vt..!i,l 3 r loti ,,A j., .,,, w!i-- ws now li j t. matter of .i , . hand-qulltln- g. ,1 . r the-Je- pluy-hul- i t . . . - - t-- PETS ...... . BUD-M- "-- - fAfir fiiSL '1 Wmi - m AN . - - D lihljl!qllilP,-- 0 ... two-piec- - - ississ |