New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1922, Page 11

Begin Here Today Myltermuu' Incredible tragedy had been the fate of RODMAN; the,world , genlus, whose | tremendous brain power had ' been « eentered on the commercial manu- The solentific world was startled when facture of preclous .stones, the preliminary papers of ‘Rodman : showed that by synthetic chemistry he was about . to tumn out sheets, of .emerald and rubles weighing sey- eral. pounds at no more cost than the.manufacture of ordinary win- dow glass, ., . The ®rient was shocked. Tt meant tremendous - destruction of wealth, Then one, day, bearing a Eift worth thousands, there came a strange creature from the Shan Mon- astery in Asia. Powerful, intelligent \ s—-wierd—this man had been delegated by his religlous order to serve the great ‘emun and protect him from evil, Th_en came the tragedy. The one man_in the world needed to solve the mystery was M. Jonquelle, gremtest of “French' detectives. Go.on With the Story CHAPTER. 1L As_soon as France = could, - relcase Jonquelle, it sent him, Rodman's genius was the common property. of the world. The American govern- ment could not, even with:the verdict of & trial court, let Radman’s death BY by ungder the smoke-screen, of ‘such a aveird, inserutable .mystery. L was to meet Jonquelle and .come here .with him, . But my train ipto New England was, delayed, .andwhen T.arrived.at the.station, I found that Jonquelle had.gone.down to, have a look at Rodman's country- house, where the thing.had happened. Jt .was. on an _isolated forest ridge of the Berkshirds, . no, human , soul within a dozen ' iiles of it—a com- fortable stone house in ‘the FEnglish fashlon, There was a big drawing- room across one end of it. _Rodman _ used for a work-shop. He, kept it close- . shuttered and locked. = Nok even this big, vellow, servile creature who' took exclustve care of him in the Hpuse was sl!owed to enter, "except’ under ‘Rodm: eye,' What he saw ‘in the fina] ‘hes of lho tragedy, he «uw looking’ throgh' 4 crack unde door. The earlier thmgfi he n d when he put logs on the fire dt datk. Time is hardly a measnre for the activities ‘of ‘the mind. These réflec- tions winged by in a scarcely pertép- tible interval of it. They have'taken me somé-time: to ‘writé out here,- but they” cfowded past while' ' the l_flfi And Saves Tlle Halr Shampoos with Cuticura Soap, geeeded by light touches of Cuticura intment, do much to rcleanse: the scalp of dandruff, allay itching and irritation, arrest falling hair and promote- a -hair-growing condition. l-u-l-m Motk Addeeas: Cutear Gtk ard soc. ll"C-t-n Seap shaves without SEIBER! ; M!LKTSA";ASTWR!ZED iy // /// A "LULLABY FOOD BEVERAGE “Hushabye, lullabye, mamma's little baby ;4 here’s a good-night drink of " milk for you.” Our milk fory the baby, the grow- ingups and the grown- ups. b 'ESEIBERT & SON] “Your Milkman" Triumphs of # MJonguelle by MELVTLLE DAV!SSON PosT " .0 1999 NEA Service, and while that ‘enveloped . him, first advances of the lure wauld have gone by unnoticed—and the tension of the pressure, hand when the Master was receptive, He had got his work completeds the formulae, penciled out, were table . “WHEN I W WOOD ON THE FIRE 1 SAW THE l*‘flOTPRINT ‘9 fingers moving on the ‘arms chair, 1 this drawing-room | on which T could not protegt him. fest was to be permitted.” ha ¢ [saved him with my soul's damnation, bu-it first night in the Italian’s tent I saigd | all I could.” checked and redu thatbias 1 was myself cncircled, 1| was in an agony of knew that the thing was beginning to advance, but my very will to aid was at the time environed.” night. mountains at sunset.. into the fireplace, and lighted it, dnd ! i|was about the house. as I have said, formulae. Inc Oriental was speaking—in the pause between his Words, “The print,” he continued, ‘‘was the first confirmatory but it was not the first indlcatory sign, the Master himself noticed the thing at the beginning.'” I doubt if He paused, The Master was sunk in his labor, the But the day was at on his 1 knew b of "o, PUT all periods this Is the one most d.m- gerous to the human spirit.” He sat sitent for a_moment, his big of the “I knew,"” he added. 'l'hfl! he went “But it*was the one thing against The He -turned sharply toward me, t'he folds of his face unsteady. “Excellency!” he cried, b | v\nuld saved the Master, I would have was not permitted. On .that| His .voice , went into a: higher note. “Twice, for the Master, I have been in. merit. . For spirit when 1 His voice descended. He- sat motionless, as -though . the whole: bulk af him were devitalized, and maintained its outline.enly.by-the inelosing frame of the chair. “It began, Excellency, on an August There is @ -chill in. these 1 had; put wood | The Master, | had worked out his (il NEW BRI’I‘A!N DAILY HERALD SATURDAY DECEMBER 2 1922. FOW 10 667 40 OF RHELRATISH “The Frult Medigine Will Always Relieve You of This Tenit Dissas “Fruit-a-tives” Is The Remedy. Driuar, Nxw Yorx, “I have great pleasure in writing, you about ‘‘Fruit-a-tives”, I have' found great reli®f in them. I have had Rheumatism for six months ang have suffered much pain, but nof laid up with it, Have tried about everything I heard about without much relief. Then I took “Fruit-a. tives” and they gave me great relief. The swelling is almost gone and I fecl good—like myself again, I ecan recommend “‘Fruit-a-tives”’—with a g0od heart—to anybody,” Mrs, EVALYN RADLIFF, It order to refieve Rheunatism, the blood must be purified. 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Then I heard the Master get up softly and go over to the fireplace. . . Presently he re- turned. He got a new cigar, Kxcel- leney,’ clipped it*and lighted it. I could hear:the blade of the knife on the fiber of the tobacco, and, of course, clearly the rasp of the match. A moment ‘Jater I knew: that he was in* the chair again. The . odor of ignited tobacco . returned. It was |some time before there was another sound in the room; then suddenly I heard the Master swear. His voice was sharp and astonished. This time, Excellency, he got up swiftly and crossed the room to the fireplace. I could hear him distinctly. There was ‘the sound of one mpplnz metal, thumping it, as with the fin- gers.”" He stopped -again, ment, as in reflection, “It was then thdt ‘the Master un- for a brief mo locked the door and asked for the liquor,” - He indicated the court record in my pocket. “I'brought it, on 1 a gdblet of brandy, with some urhun.‘ fited water. He drank it all without putting down the glass. . , . His face was strange. Excellency. . . . Then he looked at me, “‘Put a log on the fire,' he said, “I went In and added wood to the fire and came out, *I'he maaster remained In the door- way; he re-entered when I came out, and closed the door behind him, There was a long silence after that; then I heard the volce, permitted to the devocation, thin, metallic, offering the barter to the Master, 1t began, and ceased because the Master was on his feet and before the fireplace, 1 heard him swear again, and presently return to his place by the table,” AThe big Orlental lifted his face and looked out at the sweep of country befare the ‘window, “The thing went on, Excellency, the volce offering its lure, and presenting it fn briet flashes of materialization, and the Master endeavoring to seize and detain ' the visitations, ' which ceased instantly at his approach to the hearth." The man paused. “I knew the Master contended in vain against the thing; if he would acquire possession of what it offered, he’ must destroy what the creative forces of the spirit had released to him," Again he paused, ‘“Poward morning he went' out of the house. I could hear him walk- ing on the gravel before the door, He would walk the full length of the house and return. The night was clear; there was a chill in it, and every sound was audible, “That was all, Excellency. The ‘Tl I AT 'm.“ In [\ |U | furniture, Master roturned a little later and as. cended to his bedroom as usual," Then he added: “1t was when T wéht in to put wood on the fire that 1 sady the footprint on the hearth' > There was a force, compelling and vivid, in these meager details, the severe suppression of things, big and tragie. No elaboration could have equalled, in effect, the virtue of this restraint, The man was going on with the story, “The following night, Excellency, the thing happened, The Master had passed the day in the open. He dined with a good appetite, like a man in health.. And there was a change in his demeanor, He had the aspect of men who are determined to have a thing out at any hazard, ‘‘After his dinner the Master went into the drawing foom and closed the door behind him. He had not en- tered the room on this day, It had stood locked and close-shuttered!" Theé big Oriental padsed and made a gesture outward with his fingers, as of one dismissing an absurdity. ‘No living human being could have been concealed in that room. - There is only the bare floor, the Master's table and the fireplace. < The great good shutters were bolted in, as they had stood sjnce the Master took the room for a workshop and removed the The door was always locked with that special thief-proof lock that the American smiths had made for it. No one could have en- tered." wlt was the freport of the experts at the trial. They showed by the casing , ' directly, “ When the stormy winds do blow™ goos the old sea song, and it would be good edvice toedd DRINK Baker’s Cocoa It [ R It is warming and sustaining, for it has genuine food value, and may be safely indulged in any hour of the day for it is stimulating only in the sense that pure food is stimulating. is delicious loo. Made only by . WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. Established 1780 DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS Booklet of Choice Recipes sent fres of rust on the bolts that the shutters had not been moved; the walls, ceell- ing and floor were undisturbed; the throat of the chimney was coated evenly with old soot. Only the door was possible as an entry, and this was always locked except when Rod- man was himself in the room. And at such times the big Oriental never left his post in the hall betore it That seemed a condition of his mys- terious overcare of Rodman, Everybody thought ,the trial court went to an excessive care. It scru- tinized in minute detall every avenue that could possibly lead to a solution of the mystery, The whole country and every resident was Inquisitioned, The conclusion was inevitable. There was no human creature on that forest crest of the Berkshires but Rodman and his servant, But one can see why the trial judge kept at the thing; he was seeking an explanation consistent with the com- mon experience of mankind, And when he could not find it, he did the only thing he could do. He was wrong, as we now know, But he had a hold in the dark on the truth—not the whole truth by any means; he never had a glimmer of that. He never had the faintest conception of the big, amazing truth. But as I YOlll Hens henu have a O-Pep Dry, Feed all your hens all !.hey want, B, Dry Mash self- feed more ssive ones. before e %vmble with the hens—play safe, Wh hens laying al' the time and keep birds condition are the feeds that pay. them for nothing, Mandfactared by The Quaker Qats @mpany Address Chicago, U. S. A. For sale by C. W. LINES CO NEW BRITAIN, DOINGS OF "DUFFS WE HAD' A LIVE ONE -\ FOR HIM AND SOME BODY STOLE IT~ | TEN DOLLARS SEEMS LIKE A LOT. OF MONEY FOR ' A STUFFED ONE! 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