New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1922, Page 5

77 RED HOUSE b AAMILNE BEGIN HERE TODAY, It 'was with considerable ;l;l.' . ARK ABLETT, bachelor proprf of The Red House, had plnr'::r‘r:t::; . his house:party guests that ne'er-do-well brother, R?:!ERT. \:vhu has been absent for years in Australla, was to vi rl;llmkthn afternoon, DtV ark and his companion, MATT CAYLEY, awaited the arrival of Robert after lunch, the guests playing golf. Robert arrived, was ushered into Mark's office by the malid, AUDREY STEVENS, who went to in- form her master. Before she found Mark ashot was heard and ANTONY GILLINGHAM, a friend of BILL BEVERLEY, one of Mark's guests, entered the house to find Cayley pounding on the locked door and demanding admittance. - The two. men entered the office through a window and discovered a * body on the floor with a shot in the head.. Mark was not to be found and the dead man, Cayley told "Antony, was the brother who had just arrived. disgust GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER 1V, Guests at The Red House were al- lowed to do what they liked within reason—the reasonableness or other- wise of it being decided by Mark. But when once they (or Mark,) had made up their minds as to what they wanted to do, the plan had to be kept. Mrs: Calladine, who knew this little weakness of their host's, resisted, therefore, the suggestion of Bill that they should have a second round of golf-in the afternoon, and drive home comfortably after tea. Antony was standing in front of the house, waiting for them. Bill waved, and he waved back. Then as the car drew up, Bill, who was in front with the chauffeur; jumped down and greeted him. eagerly. “Hallo, you madman, have you come to stay, or what?” He had a sudden idea. “Don’t say you're Mark Ablett's long-lost brother from Aus- tralia, though I could quite believe it of you.” He laughed boyishly. “‘Hallo, Bill,” said Antony quietly. Will you introduce me? I'm atraid I've got some bad news."” Bill, rather sobered by this, intro- duced him. The Major and Mrs. Cal- ladine were on the near side of the car, and Antony spoke to them in a low voice. “I'm afraid I'm going to give you rather a shock,” he said. “Robert Ablett, Mr. Mark Ablett's brother, has been killed.” He jerked a thumb over his shoulder, “In the house.” “Dp you mean that he has just killed himself?" asked Mrs. Calladine. “It was about two hours ago. 10 hayppened to come here,”-—he half- turned to Beverley and explained—"1 was coming to see you, Bill, and I a1- rived just after the—the death. Mr. Cayley and I found the body. Mr. Cayley being busy just now-—there are police and doctors and so on in the house—he asked me to tell you,” He gays that no doubt you would prefer, the house-party having been broken up in this tragis way, to leave as soon as possible” He gave a pleasant apologetic little smile. Bill gazed with open mouth at An- tony. Mrs. Calladine was quietly mistress of herself. “We shall be in the way, yes, T quite understand,” she said; "but we can't just shake the dust of the place oft our shoes because something ter- rible has happened there. I must see Mare. He must know how very ‘deeply we feel for him. Perhaps we—'"" she hesitated. “The Major and I might be useful anyway,” said Bill. “Where is Mark?” said the Major suddenly, looking hard at Antony. Antony looked back unwaveringly— and sald nothing. “T think,” said the Major gently, leaning over to Mrs. Calladine, “that it would be better if you took Betty back to London tonight.” “Very well,” she agreed quietly. As Antony re-entered the hall, the Inspector from Middleston twas just crosaing into the library with Cayley. The latter stopped and nodded to Antony. “Wait a moment Inspector. Here's Mr. Gillingham.” And then to An- tony, "“This is Inspector Birch."” Birch looked inquiringly from one to the other. “Mr. Gillingham and I found the body together,” explained Caviey. “Oh! Well, come along, and get the facts sorted out a bit."” They went into the library. The inspector seated himself at a writing table, and Cayley sat in a chair by the side of it. Antony made himself comfortable in an armchair and pre- pared to be interested. “We'll start with the dead man,” let's 1 HARD PIMPLES ALL OVER FACE | Itched and Burned. Lost Sleep. Cuticura Heals. | —_— ‘‘My trouble began with a rash which later turned to glmplu. The pimples were hard and very red, and were scattered all over my face. They itched and burned so that I could not get any sleep at night, and my face was disfigured for a few months. “‘The trouble lasted about a year. 1 read an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ou}umm and sent for ; free sample. I purchased more, an: after using three cakes of Cuticura Soap an Ointment I was healed.” ( Miss Nellie Misseri, Ave.,'No. Cambridge, Mass. “Use Cuticura forall toilet purposes. ; “Outiours Lob- N Cuticura Seap shaves without mug. his|, [ turned the handle of the YSTERY; “Robert Ablett, He took out his #ald the inspector. didn’t you say?” notebook, -~ "Yel Brother of Mark Ablett, who lives here." Antony. listened attentively while Cayley explained all that he knew about Robert. This was. news to him, “1 see, sent out of the country in disgrace. What had he done?" “1 hardly know." “Mark Ablett never him?" “Hardly ever. He was very much ashamed qf him, and—well, very glad he was in Australia." “Now your own private opinion, Mr, Cayley. Do you think that Mark ‘was unfair to his brother?" “They never liked each ,other boys . I don't know whoSe fault was in the first place—if anybody’ The ipspector nodded. “This’ letter that -Mark got—did see-{t?" “Not at the time. to me afterward.” "'And address?"’ ,'*No, A half-sheet of rather dirty paper.” ““Where {s it now?" “I don't know. In Mark's pocket, I expect.” . “Ah!"” He pulled at his beard. “Can you remember what it said?" “As far as I remember, something like this: ‘Mark, Your loving brother is coming to see you tomorrow, all the way from Australia. 1 give you warning so that you will be able to talked about He showed it ) “I AM AFRAID I'VE GOT SOME LDAD NEWS.” ¥ conceal your surprise, but not I hope, vour pleasure. Expect him at three, or thereabouts.” " “Ah! The inspector copied it down carefully. “Did you notice the post- mark?" *'London.” “And what was Mark's attitude?” ‘‘Annoyance, disgust—"" Cayley hesi- tated. “‘Apprehension?"” N—no, not exactly. Or, rather, apprehension of an unpleasant inter- view, not of any unpleasant outcome for himself.” ““You mean that he wasn't afraid of violence, or blackmail, or anything of that sort?"” ‘‘He didn’t appear to be.” “Right . Now then, he arrived, you say, about three o'clock?” ‘Yes ,about that.” “Who was in the house then?” “Mark and myself, and some of the servants . I don't know which. of course, you will ask them directly, no doubt.” “With guests?” ““They were out golf.” ‘“Where were you arrived ?"’ asked Birch. Cayley explained how he had been sittihg in the hall, how Audrey had asked him where the master was, and how he had sald that he had last seen him going up to the Temple. ‘‘She went away, and I went on with my book. There was a step on the stairs, and I looked up to see Mark coming down. He went into the office, and I went on with my took again. I went into the library for a moment, to refer to another book, and when I was in there I heard a shot. At least, it was a loud bang, 1 waen't sure if it was a shot. 1 stood and listened. Then 1 came slowly to the door and looked out. Then I went back again, hesi- tated a bit, you know, and finally de- cided to go across to the office, and make sure that it was all right. T door and found it was locked. Then 1 got frightened, and I banged at the door, and shouted, and—well, that was when Mr. Gillingham arrived.” He went on to ezplain how they had your permission. No all day playing when Robert ‘ecame found the body. The inspector looked at him with a smile, ‘“Yes, well, we shall have to go over some of that again, Mr. Cayley Mr. Mark, now. Did he say anything?" ““He sald, ‘Robert's here?' or some- thing of the sort. I said ‘Yes,' and he gave a sort of shrug, and said, ‘Don’t go too far away, I might want you; and then went in.” “What did you think he meant by that?"” “Well, he consults me a good deal, you know. I'm his sort ‘of unofficial eolicitdr in a kind of way. “Yes. How long was it before you heard the shot?" “Two minutes ,perhaps.” The inspector finished his writing, and then regarded Cayley thoughtful- 1y, Suddenly he said: “What is your theory of death?” Cayley shrugged his shoulders. “You've probably seen more than I've seen,” he answered. "I can only speak as a layman—and Mark's friend."” “Well 2" “Then I should say that Robert here meaning trouble, and bringing a revolver with him. He produced it almost at once, Mark tried to get it from him, there was a little struggle perhaps, and it went off . Mark lost his head, inding him- self with a revolver inehis hand and a dead man at his feet. His one idea was to escape . He locked the door almost instinctively, and then, when Robert's Dot StICky LIFE SAVERs THE CANDYMINT WITH THE HOLE In summer they keep their original crisp freshness, their cooling mint flavor. And they can't soil hands or clothes. Life Savers sweeten the breath and aid digestion he heard me hammering at it, went | out of the window."” A “Y—yes. Well, sonable enough. Mr. Gillingham?" “I should hardly call it ‘reasonable’ to lose your head,” said Antony, get- ting up from his chair and coming toward them., “Well, you know what I mean. I explains things" “Oh, yes. Any other explanaton would make them much more com- plicated” “Have you any other explanation?" ‘gt 1" “Well now, about yourself. You're not stagng in the house, I gather?" Antony explained his previous movements. “Yes,\ Dfd o = the shot?” “Yes Just as I eame in ¢ the house. .« make any im- pression at the timepbut I remember it now." “Where were you then?" “Coming up the drive.” “Nobody left the house by the front that sounds rea- What do you say, door after the shot?” “Nobody,” he said. *No.” “Thank you. You're George,” if T want you?" “Mr. Gillingham is staying here| until after the inquest,” explained Cayley. (Continued in Our Next Issue) at ‘The ASLEEP ON BEAT Supernumerary Policeman Peter Ski- | call her a poor fish, though. an angling contest at Lake Hopa good looking that she’s in the Fol AMERICAN PRODUCTS FLOODING EUROPE Gountry Is Filled With Army Goods at Low Prices Riga, Aug. 3—The socalled “thieves markets” of Burope ed wih the product of Amerfcan fac- of are today crowd- home, enormous stocks of equipment of varjous kinds were France and Germany, otherwise, and much of has found its way to the many alr gatherings of the continent where men and women bargain for a misce]- laneous mass of articles tacit understanding that one must not inquing whence the things come Army Goods Sold. by and this surplus open sale tories. When the Amerfcan army went | disposed of in | under the | [aven of two blocks, there are offered (for sale dalfly !arge quantities of I'nited States army paraphenalia, par- |ticularly clothing, and sanitary arti- cles bearing the names of different [American relief organizations. Ameri- jcan phonographe give dally concerts of American aire, which invariably at- tract the crowds from the music of competitors with their German ma- chines playing Russian tunes. Ameri- can sewing machines, too, are on sale in some stalls, and in others there are |American made knives and forks vielng with German, Polish and Rus- slan manufuctured goods of the same kind, Also there are thousands of 2ld and worn collars, still carrying the mark which gives their birthplace Troy, New York. The purchaser takes his pick at his own price, provided he can reach an understanding with the polyglot store- keeper, who will bargain with him in any one of the four of five languages now current in the streets of Riga. Lions and tigers kept in captivity Irequire one day a week without food In the market of Riga, covering an to keep them in good health. WETHERSFIELD AVE, Charles Lucke, champion flv caster, landed the above cateh in tecong, N. J. You would hardly She's Blanche Mehaffey who’s so lies, CROPSINRUSSIA ARE REPORTED GOOD Sun Aids Growers Moscow, Aug. 3.—Mother appears to be trying to make up Russia for what she did to her year. Accurate estimates of the grain crop of 1922 still are lacking, but from nearly every province reports pour in to Moscow that not in many yea have such growing crops been seen When rains were needed, they came this spring in a profusion that made up for last years drouth. When n- shine was necessary it was on nd Unless some unprecedented weather condition develops between now and. the time of the harvest, practically every bushel of seed that was planted last autumn and this spring seenl sure to bear fruit. i Good Rye Harve Rye fields higher than man's head, the ears fairly drooping with kernels, are waving and browning throughout the Volga and central| nature to last rs erkowski Takes a Nap in Monroe School Building While on Duty. Russia, while the wheat is coming up | in good shape in Siberia and the Uk-, raine. Potatoes and other vegetables! Supernumerary Policeman Peter Skierkowski, a recent appointee, will be on the carpet before the board of police commfssioners at their next meeting for alleged neglect of duty Monday morning, when, it is sald the patrolman had fallen asleep on his beat, and failed to send in his last| ring until nearly an hour gfter the | appointed time. An investigation of the failure of the policeman to send in his report through the signal box, caused an in- vestigation, and it was found, the re- port says, that he had gone into the Monroe school building and taken an hour's nap. Sergeant George Kelly received a report of the incident, and he imme- dlately submitted a report of the case to the chief. The chief then reported to Chairman Dunn of the police board | and he will give the policeman a chance to explain the matter at the next meeting. CAPITOL PARK—HARTFORD. The Midsummer Carnival now be- ing held at Capitol Park during the first three days turned out to .be one of the most successful events of fts| nature ever held in the city of Hart- ford. One of the largest and most varied programs ever stagéd was put on and the last three days will be as| fully interesting and entertaining as| the first three. Never before has the park glven as many and as large shows as for this Carnival Week. The attendance so far has exceeded expec- tations of the management and will probably set a record for attendwice at any amusement park. “Dare Devl" Major Smith will give the average person enough thrills to last them for | days to come. The Loretta Trio have an act that is second to none and fis full of high class trapeze work. There are two young ladies and one man. | The Hippodrome Clowns are a scream. | Full of comedy that keeps one in an uproar of laughter all the time. The | Royal Musical Artists, composed of tormer musicians who once played for royalty, will entertain. Saturday afternoon and evening will be some time for all who come. Sur- | prises galor are in order. Don't far- | get the grand gift that will be given away that night. A mammoth fire- | work display will wind up the Carni- val Week. ONE DIES, TWO HURT IN CRASH. Train Hits Milk Truck at Crossing Near Oneonta. Oneonta, Aug. 8—Mrs. Gerrie Cran- dall was killed instantly and her hus- band and their niece, Ada Sprague, | three years old, were probably fatally injured when a milk truck on which | they were riding was struck by a| Southern New York raflway trolley | car at a grade crossing near here| yesterday. | In London, under present restric- tions, no building is allowed to be higher than 80 feet above the street level. —PALACE — Next Mon., Tues., Wed. JANE AND KATHERINE LEE, IN PERSON In Their New Vaudeville Aot “THE MOVIE SCHOOL" are flourishing. Cattle’ which looked | like skeletons in the winter are fatten- ing on rich green pasture land. In some localities stricken last vear by the drouth an unusual phen- omenon has been noticed. Grain sown | in the spring .of 1921, which failed to sprout at all last summer has come up this year to swell the small sow- | ings which were available in the spring: of 1922, In other places, where the grain was so short and un- developed last autumn as to be un- worthy of harvesting, these dwarf plants dropped their seed and this, too, has sprouted under the rains and sunshing. Generally speaking the ground seems to have gained strength during the famine year, and the rich nitrates which a big 1921 crop would have exhausted were left in the soil to fat- ten the kernals and strengthen the stalks of this summer’s grain. Much Good Seen. The areas sown this year perhaps were less t last in many provinces, but the crop itself is so good that the vield is expected to be more than three and a half billion poods of grain for all Russia, a billion more than last year. (A pood is 36 pounds). It the surplus of fruitful regions can be transported to the cities and the non-productive localities, and if the peasants do not hoard it, Russian officials express the conviction that famine will be practically dead and that after October full stoma will succeed hunger for most of Russla's population QUARTER FOR REWARD. New York Girl Returns Woman's $200 and Receives a Scant Reward, | York, Aug. 3.—For returning containing $200 in cur- guest at the Hote!l Belleclaire, 12 vear old Helen Urban of 368 Amsterdam avenue, got a re- ward of 25 cents yvesterday. Her father, Ludvig Urban, is valet for the hotel and has his shop at the Amsterdam avenue address. Helen carries clothing back and forth be- tween the hotel and the shop. Yes- terday as she was entering the hotel she found a package of hanknotes, on the outside of which was a woman's name. Helen unhesitatingly restored the package to its owner. FRECKLES New a package rency to a womar Don't Hide Them With a Veil; Re- move Them With Othine— Double Strength, This preparation for the treatment of freckles is usually so successful in removing freckles and giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it is sold under guarantee to refund the money if it fails Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get ince of Othine and re- | move them. Even the first few appli- cations should show a wonderful im- | provement, some of the lighter | freckles vanishing entirely. | Be sufe to ask the druggist for the | double strength Othine; it is this that an ou is sold on the money-back guarantee Favorable Weather and Plenty of 4 Vienna Quenches Thirst By Drinking Much Beer Vienna, Aug. 3.—This city consumed in the past r 113,992,500 liters of 46,357,000 liters of wine and 2,- 1200 of spirits ,according to figures published Taking the popula- fon at nearly 2,000,000 this was a percapita consumption of 62 liters of beer, 25 of wine and four of spirits, a total of 91 liters, or a little over 95 quarts, Jjust 200 UKRAINTANS DIE IN A BURNING TRAIN tiga, Aug. 3.—(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)—Two hundred passengers perished when a five-car train was burned between Kiew and Schepetow- ka, says a report from Kiev, Among the victims were eight Zionist pion- who were wroceeding to = join heir group on the way to Palestine. 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