New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1922, Page 3

& + BEGIN. HERE TODAY The strange and unexplained . ec- centri¢ity of ,three wealthy, sedate and middle-aged brothers haa caused OWEN MILES, . detective sergeant, ‘and, his colleague, FERGUS McCREADY, known as "‘Scottie,”" to investigate on the re- quest of FATRICIA DRAKE, daughter of. the youngest brother, x HOBAFT DRAKE, .a Wall Street broker, who startled his neighbors by appearing in the town square, clothed in ‘a sheet, and delveting a moéck oration Miles, in the guise of a houseman, is employed at the home, and on. his first night hears two brothers, . ROGER, the scientist, and : ANDREW, ‘who 'has' recently come ' from Australla, talking in" loud tones. . * Roger, by making a bur- lesque of a scientific paper, and An- drew, by playing' with tops ‘on the parlor floor, had equalled Hobart in eccentriéity. “I'm not going to endure it,” Miles heard Roger cry.' ‘“There is a way out, quick and sure.” ; GO, ON WITH THE STORY . “You're talking itke an ass and worse—a coward!” Andrew interrupt- ed with sudden, subdued fury. ‘‘Jer- Ty's all right but you've K forgotten obart's girl! Could she live down the fact that’ her ‘uncle was a sui- cide?” ‘You know what change-we -have ot averting what is coming!’ Roge laughed {n a strained falsetto 'which made the listening detective shudder in ppite: of himself and there was a quick movement within the room. “Pat-had better live with the know!. edge that one or both of her uncles— 2nd her father as well—had died by thelr ‘own hands than that all three of them were—!" “Here! None of that!” Andrew cried. He had ‘evidently ghrown caution to the winds for his toRes had risen to a bellow and a door opened down the hall. Miles retreated has- tily toward his screening corner of the wall near the back. stairs but not before the sound of a sharp struggle came from the room where the brothers were, followed by an oath and the tinkle and crash of shattered glass, At the thought Miles sprang down- stairs and darting out the window he concealed himself in the shadow of one of the gredt pillars. No one was in sight. Leaping from the porch he ran around the rear of the house to the other side The pantry was dark now but the two faint patches of light from Roger’s room still fell upon the sparse grass of last year's lawn. In the glow of the farther one, some- thing glistened like a handful of dla- monds. .Broken glass! He had anticipated & pistol or perhaps even a knife of some sott but not a bottle! Throwing himself flat upon his face the detective’ writhed inch by inch dlong the ground until he was close to the scattered fragments of the bottle and then'he saw among them a num, ber of tiny white tablets. Seizing a handful of the grave] and tablets to- gether Miles stuffed it into a pocket of his trousers and ran swiftly around .the house again to the library window. i CHAPTER V. Carter was ill the following morn- ing—a touch of sciatica—and ‘the new houseman . was forced to assume the more complex duties. ‘Under the kindly guidance of Pierre, he finished arranging the table for breakfast and then remembered the. mail. ‘When he had cleaned the lower hall a short time before it had not arrived,.but now a small heap of létters and rolled circulars and peri- odicals lay upon the table and he sorted, them rapidly. There was nothing for Andrew Drake nor Miss Patricia, but a formidable pile of cor- respondence: awajted Roger and sev- eral letters were addressed to Miss Jerusha. " There was only one en- velope to place beside Hobart Drake's plate. ‘Miles noted idly that it was plain, wAth a typed address and a New York city postmark. Then he hurried out and returned with the fruit just as the elder Miss Drake entered. “Good morning, Willlam™ She in- elined her gray head formally. Sl see you have made a good beginning - Mehitabel, my maid, tells me that Carter is {1l and you have assumed his duties.” The three brothers entered almost together and took their places with & perfunctory greeting to their sister. Roger seemed drooping and shaken and his drawn, young-old face paled as his glance fell on the heap of cor- respondence beside his plate He pushed it astde with a gesture of horror and Andrew remarked: “More scientific criticism, I sup- pose? Throw. it all in the fire, old man, and don't bother your head about {t!"” Patricla’s entrance created a break fh the tenseness of the atmosphere, | and she eyed the detective in startled confueed recognition, but his expres- sion was bland until he reached the shelter of the pantry to which her gaze had followed him when he risked a quick nod of warning and reassur- ance. A slight flush suffused her face and she turned to-her father, only to exclaim {n amazement and alarm: “Daddy! What is {t?"” Only Miss Drake was silent but her eyes were ftxed with burning intensity upon the empurpled countenance of her youngest brother as he brought his fist, clenching his solitary letter, ly upon the table " he repeated hoarsely. “Troyble enough!—It's each man for himself when you stand with your back against the wall, and I'm going to fight!"” He strode from the room with the open letter still in his hand and they heard the library door close behind him and the key turn in the lock The meal ended shortly and Miles was clearing away the dishes and sl ver when he observed that the envel- ope of the letter which had caused Hobart Drake such agitation was still lying where he had dropped it, on the floor beside his chair He stooped hasetily and pocketed it and then finished his work !c the dining room recalled the deep blush which had | tinguished, N EBA Service, Inc. He had started for the back stairs when Miss Drake asked: “Willfam, do you know how to drive a car?” A Had the opportunity presentné it- self to send ‘the " promiséd wire to Bcottle? The detectlve gave an in- ward start. “Yes, ma'am.” N “That ds fortunate, Willlam. Mr. Hobart must be taken to the station at once.” Miles'broyght the car to the door to find Hobart waiting on the porgh steps, watch in hand. “‘Get me to the station as quick as you can.” The train was just pulllng in as h drew up at the..station platform. Miles noted the significant glances and nudgee of the loungers as they recog- nized Hobart Drake and realized anew the humiliation which his' young client, Miss Patricla, must have en- dured. . His thoughts returned again to her, the innocent victim of the mysterious calamity which had overtaken her people, when after he had safely dis- patched his wire to Scottie, he was bowling slowly back to the house. It did not come wholly as a surprise when he was hailed by an athletic- looking young man who stood by a low, red runabout at the side of the road. - The young man advan®d and leaned confidentially over the wheel. “Myfname’s Richard Kemp. I'll “WILLIAM, DO YOU ' KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A CAR?" give you five dollars if you'll take a note to the young lady up there, Miss Patricia, and see that she gets it quietly. Do you understand?"” In a quick flash of memory Miles, mounted in the young girl's face when during their first interview at John ‘Wells' office she mentioned the ‘Kemp place,’ and a light broke over him. “I think I do, sir.”” He smiled slightly. “You're all right!” Kemp clapped | him on the shoulder. ‘“There won't! be any immediate answer but I'll be at—at the place she knows every evening at six, sharp. Here you are!” He produced an envelope and a five-dollar bill, both of which Miles accepted gravely. ' “Thank you, sir. I'll. deliver the! note myself—Goodby, sir.” He drove speedily back to the Drake estate and around the garage to put up the car. As Miles de- scended from the car he beheld a battle-scarred tom-cat clawing to| reach a plate of stale meat on a high | shelf. Taking the envelope from his| pocket containing the fiye tablets, he| selected one of them and, rolling it/ in a small plece of meat he dropped | it on the floor. With a growl the cat pounced upon it. For a moment| the animal crouched and then its eyes| widened with a look of almost human | surprise. It rose, turned in a waver ing half-circle and then all at once re- laxed rather than fell upon its side with all four feet outstretched and the lurid eyes flimed. So Roger had not been bluffing, after all! As Miles replaced the en- velope in his pocket, his fingers came | in contact with another, the one| which Hobart Drake had dropped on| the dining room floor. What could it have contained ‘to drive him into| such a tempest of fury? B The detective was turning it over speculatively in his hands when s_ud-\ denly he uttered a sharp exclamation. | He needed no magnifying glass to verify the truth; the cancelled stamp had been transferred from another| envelope and the postmark was a forgery. That letter had never passed through the mails! ‘i CHAPTER VI It wae close to midnight when a stocky figure enveloped in a heavy ulster wormed its way through a gap in the hedge and started a circuitous| course about the Drake house. * A faint glimmer showed on the| third floor and silhouetted against the dim patch of light appeared the pro- | file of a man. The watcher below | picked up a handful of loose gravel| which he flung against the window. Almost instantly the light was ex-| there came the slighl.‘ grating s;u.nfl of a carefully raised| sash, and the tiny spark of a cigarette | gleamed just above the sill. A low, | peculiar whistle emanated from the | lips of the nocturnal visitor and the | cigarette, describing a wide are, fell| upon the lawn almost at his fAet as| the window was softly closed once more, | In a few moments the kitchen door | opened and Owen Miles in the sweat- er and sneakers of his nightly vigil elipped around the corner of the house. | “Scottie, old scout! I knew you'd try to get in touch with me if you| could and I've been making a motion pleture ‘still’ of myself against that | window shade since nine o'clock,” he| whispered. Have you learned any- | thing? | (Continued in Our Next Issue) In India, certain species of fish can live out of water a day or two and on | a hot summer’s day they may be seen | nmaking their way across the fields. rather clumallyl William Howard Taft, chief justice of the Supreme Court and Mrs. Taft photographed just before being presented at the Court of Saint James, London. FREE INFORMATION T0 MOTOR TOURISTS A A C. Plans Country-Wide | Community Building Project Soon Minneapolls, Minn,, July 19.—A program of free {nformation to.the traveling motorist in every American city and community large enough to boast a name is being planned for the Associated Advertising clubs of the World here. Perry 8. Willlams, | vice-president of the community advertising depart- | ment of the organization, and man- ager of the Minneapolis Journal trav- el and resort bureau, is developing the plans, which lishment of information stations in every state having wherever possible no greater distance than 25 to 50 miles between ‘stations. 40 Million O'wn Cars. “It is possible to place more than' one-third of the population of the United States in privately owned automobiles at one time today,” Mr. Williams declared. “At least forty million of our people, therefore, can tour wherever and whenever their fancy strikes them “The railroads have built up an extensive system over the nation for encouraging passengers train travel and for giving information concern- ing this mode of touring. Great as the motor travel field is at the pres- ent time, its future possibilities are stupendous with automobiles being purchased with the rapidity they now are and will continue to be.” For Live Towns. Mr. Willlams explained that not every section of the country can be | a tourist terminal but the resort bu- reau manager pointed out that every community can place itself on the most desirable highway to and from some resort or vacation centér through the establishment of a sta- tion to form the nationwide chain of service to the motorists. “Just as the railroads in an earlier day took their routes by way of communities which had proved good trading points or by dint of the ef- forts of the first citizens had built themselves up as important centers, so the main arteries of motor travel are being determined today,". added Mr. Willlams. “The man who travels in his own machine is following the routes over which it is easiest for him to find his way.” The Community’s Reputation. Communities are becoming known for their service and treatment, or lack of it, he said. The proposed nationwide service, he continues would have no place for the com- munity “which is out to gouge and otherwise mistreat the transient auto- mobilist.” In Minnesota, the information chain built up already includes more than 500 stations, Mr. Willlams announc- ed. This means for the tourist on an average of every 14 miles of the 7,- 000 miles of the state trunk highway systern, he said. In addition, each five miles of this highway system is patrolled by a state agent who keeps constant watch of traveling conditions who stands ready to serve the t free, according to Mr. Wil- and tour llams. It is his intention to work through the advertising clubs wherever they are found, the bureau manager added declaring that “we can and will make America the easiest country to travel by automobile {n the world.” Protect Your Health Al Ise (Banitery KH) PREVERTIVE A Compound of CATARRH of BLADDER include the estab- | NATHAN STRAUS IS HEARD IN FRANCE New York Man Speaks in Paris on Prevention of Infectious Diseases Caused By Milk and Butter | Paris, July 18.—An address from Nathan Straus of New York on ‘Pre- vention’ of Infectious Diseases caused by Milk and Butter was one of the features of the International Con- |gress for the Protection of Women and Children recently in session here | Mr. Straus’ address told of the pro- gress in protecting the milk supply in the United States from the days | when that fluld was a carrier of dis- |ease to the present when the milk supply ‘“cannot reach the consumer in most of our great centers of ‘popu- lation without bearing the essential safety reached by pasteurization.” The address added: “I feel that this work is sufficient- ly known and introduced in all direc- tions so that I can turn my attention ;to another and kindred subject. All ‘l have claimed and proven as to the |danger which lurks in raw milk ap- I plies with equal force to cream, ice {cream, cheese and butter. Next ta milk it is butter which for the chil- dren’'s sake requires serious atten- | tion | Mr. Straus quoted Dr. Schroeder of the United States Bureau of Animal {Industry, as saying: | “To secure a safe butter supply re- | quires that we should add to the !widely . practiced pasteurization of milk distributed to the consumer as milk, the pasteurization of all cream used to make butter. It is the only available economically reasonable ex- pedient that has been proved over and over again to afford protection against the dangers that too often lie hidden in raw milk and its products.” PROBE HERRIN MASSACRE Kansas City, July 19.—An investi- gation of the Herrin, Ill, massacre is under way by the chiefs of the United Mine Workers Union of America, and there will be no delay in completing |1t according to a letter from John L. 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Hoinko, commerclal department manager of the consulate general, Chicago Place 500,000 at Work. More than 500,000 today are in permanent employment as one result of the drive in the United States, {t was stated. The results of the first week showed that more than 400,-| 000 former service men were em- ployed in som way or other. Today in many parts of the country there| are demands made upon the Ameri-| can Legion for workers, Methods Used. The steps taken in the legion cam- | paign, as outlined to the Polish re. public, were summarized as follows: “First a nationa! census was taken to ascertain how many former serv- ice men were out of employment. | “Then the aid of all national or- ganizations of a civie, patriotic, cor mercial and religious' nature was so-| lieited. “The situation was brought before the public through the assistance of newspapers and magazines “A day was adopted to start the; campaign, March 21, 1922, called the| American Legion Employment Day. 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