New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 17, 1922, Page 5

CHAPTER 1. It was because of dainty, little Pa- tricla Drake, who was seated opposite him in his private office, that Attor- ney John Wells had telephoned to police headquarters and summoned a tall, dark-haired young man with the respectful but bored manner of a presumable son of the elect. ‘Sergeant Miles. You sent me?" . Jown Wells gave him a swift glance of appraisal and with a gesture indi- cated not only his youthful, feminine client but a vacant chair facing the coid light of early spring “Miss Drake, this is Sergeant Miles. 1 should advise you to be as frank with him as you have with me, Be seated here, Sergeant, if you please." The detective ‘took the chair indi- cated, and the young girl drew a quick, convulsive breath “How—how do you do? I would have consulted an allenist rather than my father's attorney had it not been for the fact that I feel I, at least, am still sane, Sergeant Miles. Do—do you Xnow anything about psychology?" “Psychology” from a big-eyed, eighteen-year-old kid! Owen Miles, university graduate, pauperized by his father's mining operations and mem- ber of the police department through an innate passion for criminology, pricked up his ears, repressed a smile and replied gravely: A little, Miss Drake. Enough,’I think, for prac- tical purposes.” It was John Wells' turn to conceal surprise at the cultivated, veiledly amused accents of this most extraor- dinary emissary from headquarters, but the girl merely hesitated a mo- ment and then spoke in a quick little rush. “Then perhaps yoy can understand why, with no insanily in the family, three dignified, middle-aged gentle- men, brothers, should suddenly be- come victims of the wildest hallucina- tions, like—three Mad Hatters, and do such queer, ridiculous things that they are the talk of the There was a hint of tears in her voice. “I suppose this will seem disrespect- ful when I tell you that it is of my father and my two uncles I am speak- ing, but it is the truth!"” “What sort of hallucinations have they, Miss Drake?"” “Perhaps,”” the attorney interposed in his urbane, well-rounded tones, “it will be well for me to tell you a little of Miss Drake's family. She is the daughter of Hobart Drake of the New York Stock Exchange. His wife died when Miss Patricia, here, was born, and she was brought up by his maiden sister, Miss Jerusha Drake, a lady of the soundest practical common sense. They have always lived in the old family residence out on Long Island; at Brooklea.” Owen Miles nodded quickly without speaking, and the attorney went on: “Five years ago Roger Drake, the oldest of the family and a scientist of world-wide reputation, returned from Europe to the old home at Brooklea and a few months since the other brother, Andrew came back from Aus- tralia—where he had amassed a for- tune in sheep-ranching. You can see that the three brothers are widely dissimilar in character and tempera- ment, yet a very great affection has always existed between them. 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Our local policeman, Bam Clark, was bringing in a stout figure, dressed all in flowing white like a ghost, that reeled as it walked. ‘I've brought Mr. Hobart home, Carter,’ Sam said 'I'd get him to bed real quiet, but in the morning you tell him if it happens again we'll have to confiscate what he's got left in his cellar. *‘He was down in front of the sol diers’ mwonument' Sam explained, ‘rigged out in these here bed-sheets, and spouting like a Fourth of - July orator that he was Jullus Ceasar. Lucky it was so late or he'd have had the whole town 'round him. Soon's I touched him he seemed to sort of collapse and he come along home without any trouble, He'll llkely be all right in the morning.' " Patricla had given an unconscipusly graphic imitation of the country con- stable, but as she paused and covered her face with her hands there was her face with her hands there was slons of either of her hearers. “Did you get a closer view of your father, Miss Drake?" the latter asked after a moment. “Yes. I heard a sort of gasp be- hind me and turned to find Uncle Roger there, staring down at father with such a shocked, horrified expres- “WHAT SORT OF HALLUCINA- TIONS HAVE THEY, MISS DRAKE?" sion that I thought he was going to have a stroke or something. We stood watching them bring father up- stairs.” “And where was your other uncle, Mr. Andrew Drake, during this time?” “Uncle Andrew slept through it all,” Patricia paused. ‘He is awfully jolly and the next morning he tried to make light of it, but when he learned had really ill father was he was terribly worried. “Your father was then ?** £Yes, 1t was a week before he went to his office in Wall Street and | he hasn’'t gone to the village once.— I don’t blame him!"” Her small gloved hand clenched on the arms of her chair., “The things that were| said and the horrid jokes that have| been made! I was ashamed before— but it is even worse now!" “You mean that your uncles have exhibited similar signs of-—er—eccen- | tricity?”’ the detective asked. Patricia nodded. “Not exactly similar, but they have done things that it seems to me only people whose minds were deranged | would do!—And Aunt Jerusha's atti-| tude is the most inexplicable of all!"’ “My dear Pat!" John Wells ex- seriously 1ll, | soft, | ing—! NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. 8 nothing wrong. When 1 suggested | an allenist this morning she was| angrier than I have ever seen her, | “Nothing more happened for the first week after father's strange at- tack except thut Uncle Roger seemed to grow more deeply troubled. He | had promised to give a lecture on | archaeology at the high school last Wednesday. If T had only known!" “Was the lecture not given?" “It was!" Bitterness sharpened her girlish tones, “And the next day the village was talking worse than it had over father's behavior! Sergeant Miles, that lecture was the most hideous travesty imaginable! Had it been sheer drivel it wouldn't have been &0 bad, but it was a clever satire, ridiculing the archaeological | discoveries of recent years, The au- dience didn't know whether to laugh or to feel affronted at his insuit to| their intelligence,” “The next day no one told me any- | thing until Mr. Grayle came over. Tt was awful!" “Who is Mr, Grayle?” queried the detective, | “A neighbor, a naturalist," Patricia responded “He and Uncle Roger| have been great friends ever since he | bought The Rose Tree, next to the Kemp estate—"" | She paused and a deeper flush suf- | fused her face. Sergeant Miles glanced at the attorney, who smiled | and nodded almost Imperceptibly. “What was your uncle's explana- tion 2" | “He made none.” She shrugged, | He looked dreadfully worn and ill but he was as dignified as ever and merely said that he regretted his dis- course had not met with the approval of his hearers, On Saturday when the paper came out there was a_per- fect furore the editor intimated that the lecture was the work of a dis- ordered mind and recalled father's oration before the soldiers’ monument, insinuating that they had both fallen victims to some strange aberration. In the very face of it Aunt Jerusha made me go to church with her yes- terday and I never thought I could go through such an agony of mor- tification! “I made up my mind I would come to .see you today, and then when Uncle Andrew was found this morn- She broke off once more as though | too overcome to conmtinue. The de- | tective ¥nd attorney glanced at each cther before the latter remarked: “Go on, my child. Tell the Ser-| geant exactly what you told me.s | “Early this morning, FEdward the houseman, found Uncle Andrew sit: ting on the drawing room floor in his pajamas playing like a child with some ornaments which he had taken from the cabinet and mantel, and when he saw Edward he ran toward | him on all fours growling as though he were pretending to be some kind of an animal! Edward has never gotten over being shell-shocked. This morning was the last straw and he gave immediate notice, so Aunt Jeru- sha sent me into town to engage an- other houseman, and a gardener, That gave me my opportunity to come and consult Mr. Wells.” She hesi- tated once more. “T don't know, though, what she will say when she sees you, Sergeant.” “‘She need see in me only what she sent for—the new houseman! Ser- geant Miles announced. Patricia’'s blue eyes wide. *Oh, could you?" she breathed. “I want an assistant outside as well,” interrupted the detective. *You say that a gardener is needed, too?"” “You—you don't know any detec- tive who is a gardener, too, do you?" “I know the very man!" Sergeant Miles exclaimed with enthusiasm. Patricia glanced from one serious face to the other. “Then you don't think it is | that they're losing their = minds, my father and—and my uncles? You | don't think my aunt will be the next to go and then—perhaps—!" She faltered once more but her meaning was unmistakable, and al- though the attorney was discreetly silent he laid one slim, blue-veined hand upon her arm reassuringly. opened very just | (Continued in Our Next Issue) claimed, “You cannot mean that she also—!" | “Oh, no, Aunt Jerusha hasn't gone crazy, too, but she insists that there Many Chinese women have become | @istinguished poetesses. | with | heard Weak? Doctors recommend it for undernourished babies—it is so easily digested Bordems EAGLE BRAND COWDENSED MULK KILLS HIS NIECE, ENDS HIS OWN LIFE o R Passaic Man, 29, Slays Her in Bed Passaic, N. J., July 17.-—Because he loved his 14-year-old niece amd had, been forbidden by her father to marry her, Irving Barnett, 29, a newsdealer here, entered her home early Sund: morning and killed her with a .38-cal- ibre revolver as she slept. Standing by her bedside he then shot himself, {dying an hour later at the Passaic General hospital The dead girl was Sadie Barneft, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Herman [ Barnett, 129° Parker Avenue. Sleeping her at the time she was killed was her sister, Bertha, 13, who, ac-| | cording to the police, was not awak-| ened by the shots. Neither was the dead girl's brother, Jacob, who oc- | cupled a rear room, but the motier the reports and ran to her daughter's room. Five other families in the building also were awakened | and hurried to the scene of the| tragedy. * Saturday morning TIrving told brother Herman that he was in love, with Sadie and wanted to marry her | | | his replied. “You are only kidding your- self.” “No," Irving Is said plied. § “I love her and I'll eventually get| her.” According to the police, Irving! exclaimed angrily as he left his broth- | er, “All right, you'll see what is go- ing to happen. Yow'll be sorry.” i The police learned that Irving did| not return ‘to work, but walked about the streets and in the evening pur- | chased a revolver. Shortly affer 1 o'clock this morning he entered his brother's home and is believed to have gone directly to his niece's| room, IF SKIN BREAKS OUT AND ITCHES APPLY SULPHUR! Just the moment you apply Mentho- Sulphur to an itching, burning or broken out skin, the itching stops and healing begins, says a notéd skin spe- | clalist. This sulphur preparation, made into a pleasant cold cream, | gives such a quick relief, even to fiery | eczema, that nothing has ever been found to take its place. Because of its germ destroying properties, it quickly subdues the itching, cools the irritation and heals the eczema right up, leaving a clear, smooth skin in place of ugly erup-/ tions, rash, pimples or roughness. You do not have to wait for im- provement, Tt quickly shows. You, can get a little jar of Mentho-Sul- phur at any drug store, | | re- | to have ‘BABY O ! minor Forbidden to Wed Girl by Her Father, | MONDAY, JULY 17, 1922. Irving Barnett had been attentive to his niece since he was discharged from the army, He served with the Elghty-Seventh Division, He lived only a short distance fror his broth- | €r's home, Both bodies were buried yesterday afternoon at Lodi cemetery, LY ONE OF SEVEN NOT KILLED | Father, Mother, Brother and Three | Others Di€ in Crossing Crash Waterville, Me., June song were Killed when a tral Rallroad train struck mobile at a blind crossing Unity station early Sunday A baby girl was the sole survivor of the party of seven in the automobile The little one was thrown thirty feet from the tracks and escaped with bruises. The dead art L. Varney, his wife and five old son Malcolm of Burnham Miss Hinckley, a school teacher of Swampscott, Mass Mrs. Martha Marshall Mass, Lawrence Burrill of Burnham Mrs. Varney and her Miss Hinckley and Mrs. Marshall were killed instantly. Varney and Burrill died in a hospital here soon after the aceident, The Varney 17.—8ix per Maine Cen- an auto- near the Northampton, and her mother, years old automobile in wh crashed into a t ‘leh morning son and three painfully but ne and able tc this afternoon wers of Chelsea, son, family were on their way to Searsport Beach to attend a clambake with Miss Hinckley and Mrs. Marshall, summer boarders, and Burrill, a stepbrother of Mrs. Varney, | The automobile was struck just for- ward of the front seat by the cow catcher of the locomotive, its fore part being lifted into the air, while the rear crashed against the side of the locomotive. The men, sitting in|the French the front seat, were thrown many|as a German feet, while the women and young|ir the Carthusia arney were battered by the drive|tuja de Miraflore shaft and wheels of the locomotive, Mortillae, who The baby, Muriel Varney, months was thrown clear of the|tewa vain effort wreckage. She was taken to a Water- | about whom Vir ville hospital with the injured, but|wove his war ro relatives took her home to Burnham | trum.” lated today, the only suryivor of her | family, | monk has ¢ to Have G To Paris r 17 Press)—F monk reputed lover of Mata near 181 tere “Why she is only a girl,” the father James Jackson of Orange, Mary Carrie, seriously other \MATA HARI' REPORTED AS MONK r Mortillac, to have spy nch social circle, Mass,, 17 was | July Mrs infured when lich they at West Hat e driver, Mr PASSENgErs v )t seriously the ) leave hosj LOVER iven Over Life Prayer — (By the Fre been the Hari, the the end of has bheen the n monastery s, Spain was prominent disappeared to save the wcente Blasco Iha ymance “‘Mare d the order, it My illed an were riding field Jack vere injured ital Admirer of Girl Shot as Spy Believed Associated neh | last celebrated ‘Ilmri: dancer, who was executed by war located at Car- in af- woman nez Nos- | While leading Carthusians deny th "SALADA" TE A So simply and cheaply made and yet the most refreshing beverage known H228 firmed in authoritative quarters that 15 in Spanish monastery attempting his sorrow for his lost love Mortillac is said to have heen heart- scovered that Mata for her heauty, Afterward he husband, a married her in Buddhist and broken when he Hari, who was { was a German that she Scottish officer Java, taking her temple where she that he died in grief ir he had discovered } 1able rman attached Mort c is said to have tery in an attempt to ex- sins and to forget Mata id to be passing his and fasting. mou Py carned had a who from a s a dancer, otland, after in Pa and her to leav” had become to persuade to whom she entered the piate Hari time monas! for his He is in prayer PROGRESS IN JAPAN. Engineering and Medical Departments Now Dpen to Women, Fukuola, Japan, July 17.—The de- partment of engineering and medicine of Kyushu Imperial University have heen opened to women and a proposal to open the entire school to them s now under consideration The directors of the school passed a resolution last Saturday allowing women to enter the departments of engineering and medicine and are now sidering the second proposal. Dr. hida, president of the school, de=- ared that co-education will soon be arranged for in all of the schools of Yo “Why of Course Not”’ WE are not going out of Busines OME FOLKS buying at our store made this remark being astonished at our SUMMER CLEARANCE PRICES ANOTHER SENf ATION TUESDAY O} AT JAY'S LY— " Choice of Any Summer Silk Dress in the Store $12.85 In this LOT there are DRESSES that sold as high as 9.75. These DRESSES are all well Tailored and are made of Shantung, Pongee, Figured Crepe De Chine, Krepe Knit and Canton Crepe. 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