New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1923, Page 10

€D REDVIA EDEN PHILPOTTS ~ MLUSTRATED R.W, SATTERFIELD » By ~ e COPYRIGHT 1422 THE MEMILLAN COMPANY RELEASED BY NEA SERVICE INC., ARRGT,MET, NCWSP, SVS, e— BEGIN HERE TODAY Suddenly Mark became aware NEW BRITAIMN DAILY H GUARD THE BAREFOOT BOY that ER parture, presently rose, with no ‘worse hurts than a brulsed ' fade, a- badly bitten tongue, and a wounded shin. Mark guesses that until darkness returned he might expect to be un- disturbed . He walked back, there- fore, to his starting-place, and found the packet of food which he had brought with him and a flash of red wine left beside it. After a meal and a pipe he made his plan and presently stood again on the rough ground beneath the cliffs, where' he had pretended so realistic- ally to perish. He _expected Red- ayne to return-and guessed that an- other ‘would return with him. His [voIces v THE 4 EDEA (Westinghouse-—East, Pittsburgh). 7:00 p. m.—Ball scores. Dinner concert continued, 7:80 p. m.—Review (continued) of J. M. Barri¢'s “What Every Woman Knows," by Marjory Stéwart. 7:45 p. m.~—The visit to the Little Folks by the Dreamtime Lady. 8:00 p. m.—Ball scores. “Our Na- WAGUIRE G0 GETS " PAVING CONTRACT : ' Submits Bid of $10,249 for Work On Sonth Main Street | The board of public works met in {the City hall last evening, It was |voted to recommend, to the common in Franklin square rounded off as it i the opinion of the board that they are dangerous in their present condi« fon. It was voted to have the engineer . repair the catchbas! and curbs at the corner of Court and Main stroets, MAY INGREASE WATER RATES | Members of Board Oonsider Proposed Jump in Minimum Charge From $5 to $8, According to Report. Members of the water board have undee consideration propesed increas- Little feet will get hurt. Grown. ups, too, meet with accidents. When the skin is broken, apply Sylpho-Nathol at.once. It kills erms—prevents _infection—puri- fes all it touches. Keep it in the medicine cabinet -and in your kitchen too. Busy dealerswell it—15c, 356, 6e and tional Parks,” by John D, Carter of the Uriton Pacific railroad. he was watched and found himself face to face with the object of his search. Robert Redmayne stood separated from him by a distance of thirty yards behind the boughs of a es In water rates so that. at least & part of the costs of extensions in water service may be paid. for by funds other than those received by the sale of bonds. The rates have not been changed since meters were in- stalled. The present minimum charge is $6, but it is reported that a jump to $8 is soon to be made. Increased water charges have been suggested by Engineer Allan Hazen. hope was to recognize the accom- plice. With infinite satisfaction he heard Giuseppe’s voice, and even an element of grim amusement attended the Italian’s shock and. his . subsequent snipe-llke antics as he leaped to eafety before an anticipated revolver barrage. council that contract for paving of P | South Main street, from present pave- 8:20 p. m.—Concert by the KDKA | on'outh to Roberts street be award- Little Symphony‘ orche_l'.m under the“ed to Maguire Co., for $10,249.76. The dirsgtion) ot ylctor BRUIAL. {other bids were as follows: American 9:46 p. m.—Ball scores. National iy, yinery and Equipment Co. $11,- Stockman and ' Farmer Market re-|gy7 50, Bernardino & Manocchio, $13,- Do, 993.25; the Immick Co., $11,366.25; J. Battaglia & Leardl, $14,617.25; Peter Suzlo & Co., $11,740. The following petitions were taken up: For the grading of Columbia street from Parkmore to Arch, peti- tion granted; for drinking fountain at corner ot South wroad and Grove streets, lald over for one month; for Mark. Brendon, criminal investiga- tor, is engaged by Jenny Pendean to solve the murder of her husband, Michael. Jenny's uncle, Robert Red- mayne, disappears and s suspected of killing Michael. ’hrennt-hlgh shrub, Jenhy goes to live with her uncle, | . But it appeared that the wateher | Dendigo Redmayne. . Robert ap. | desired no closer contact. He turned pears. in the neighborhood and sends|®nd ran, heading upward for a wild word to Bendigo to come to his hid- | tract of stone and scrub that spread ing place. - Giuseppe Dorla, who |beneath the last precipices of the works for Bendigo, takes his master |mountain. Mark strove to run the to Robert and leaves the brothers to- | other down as speedily as possible, gether. When Doria calls to bring | that he might close, with strength Pendigo home he finds an empty cave | Still sufficient to win the inevitable in which i sevidence of a terrible | battle that must follow, and effect a capture. THE SULPHO-NAPTHOL CO. Boston, Mass. SYLEHO~ NATHOL CHAPTER XV. 'y The next morning, while he rubbed his bruises in a het bath, Brendon determined upon a course of action. He proposed to tell Jenny and her hushand exactly what had happened to him, merely concealing the end of (Westinghouse—=springfield), 7:00 p. m.—Basebull scores, News from: Farm and Home. 7:80 p, m.—Bedtime story for the children. Miss Gourson Delegate To Banking Convention Miss Anna B. Gourson of the Com- etruggle. Jenny marries Doria and they go! to live in Italy, where Jenny's uncle, Albert Redmayne, lives. When Robert is seen in Italy. Brendon and the famous American detective, Peter Ganns, renew investigations. | NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY They had reached the shrine—a little alcove in a rotting mass of brick and plaster. Beneath it ex-| tended a stone seat whereon the way- | farer might kneel or sit. { They sat down and Doria began to | smoke his usual Tuscan cigar. His| depression increased and with it Brendon's astonishment. The man appeared to be taking exactly that at- titude to his wife she had already suggested toward him. “Il volto sciolto ed i pensieri strettl,” declared Giuseppe with gloom. That is to say ‘her counten- ance may be clear, but her thoughts are dark'—too dark to tell me—her husband.” “Perhaps she fears you a little. A woman Is always helpless before a man who keeps hls own secrets hid- den.” “Helpless? Far from it. Sheisa self-controlled, efficlent, hard-headed woman, Her loveliness is a curtaln. forced to He was disappointed, however, while still twenty yards behind and a moderate progresa over the rocky way he saw Robert Redmayne suddenly stop, turn and lift a revolver. fired, the other flung up his make only As the red man arms, for OrgasE Ly night had flooded the hollow, sounded from close at hand some metal weapon striking earth. The din ascended from | rock which lifted its gray head abov a thicket of juniper; and here, whi {the flat summit of the holder b to shine whitely under the risin, moon, a lanteyn flickered and showe | tion of an oblong hole. | bled together and dug in turn. | one dark figure came out into jopen, took his bearings, flung i tern light on the blazed tree The hump lying hard by. The dark, the object of his search forward. and Many hours passed and then, after there strange noises and the intermittent thud of the | two shad6ws busy above the excava- They mum- the lan- trunk, ond advanced to a brown, motionless approaching figure saw came His purpose was to bury the story. He breakfasted, lighted his pipe and limped over to Villa Planezzo. lie was not in reality very lame, but accentuated the stiffness. Only As- sunta appeared, .though Brendon's eyes had marked Doria and Jenny to- gether in the neighborhood of the silkworm house as he entered the garden. He asked for Gluseppe and, having left Brendon in the sitting- room of the villa, Assunta departed. Almost immediately afterward Jenny greeted him with = evident pleasure but reproved him, ““We walted an_hour for supper,” she €aid, “then Giuseppe would wait no longer., 1 was beginning to get frightened and I have been fright- ened all night. , I am thankful to see you, for I feared something seri- ous might have happened.” “Something serious did I've got a strange story to tell, Is your husband within reach? He must hear it, too, T think. He may be in some danger as well as others.” a e le 14 d n happen. the victim, whom he had lured hither | before destroying, and then remove any trace that might linger upon the cpot where the body lay. He bent | down, put his hands to the jacket of | the motionless man, and then, as he { exerted his strength, a strange, hide- course you can't. Doria ‘in danger! want him, you don't want me, Mark."” She expressed impatience and shook her head. “Can’t you belleve me? But eof Why should you? However, if you It was the first time that she had 7:46 p. m,—"What Every Commu- nity Needs,” by Madeline G. Martin, R. N., director Visiting Nurse' Asso- clation, Springfield, Mass. 8:00 p. m.—Address by prominent business man. 8:16 p. m.—Farmers' talk by New England Homestead. ' 8:30 p. m.—Concert by Alice Pow- ers, soprano; Willard Clark, baritone; Benjamin Buxton, pianist; “Remi- nicences of other days, by Mrs. Harry G. Kitson. 9:50 p. m.—Baseball scores. Bed- time story for grown-ups, .prepared by Orison 8. Marden. WEAF (American Tel and Tel. Co., N, ¥.) 7:30 p. m.—"Putting Life Into Li erature,” by John Cowper Powys. Talk under the auspices of the “American Agriculturist.” Box Nixon, tenor, accompanied by Bert Lowe. Piano solos by Bert Lowe. Solos by Louise Kelley, lyric soprano. 9:00 p. m.—Browning, King & company’s Wednesday night dance, WIZ (Aeoljan Hall, N, Y. City) catchbasin at nosthwest corner of Al- len and Stewart streets, petition grant- ed; for the acceptance of Burritt court - between North Burritt and Booth streets, put over for inspection by the board; for omitting sprinkling the street at the extreme end of Ken- sington avenue, given leave to with- draw; for erection of four poles at the west end of Slater road by the Connecticut Light and Power Co., pe- tition granted; for removal of tree at 23 Linwood street, which interferes with a driveway, put over for in- spection by the engineer; petition from the common council for board of public works to give its employes Saturday afternono off, during July and August, with full pay, providing employe has not lost time during the week, except for necessity, the board would advise common council that same was put into effect last Satur- day; repairs to front of Smith prop- erty on Lasalle street, would recom- mend to the common council that niercial Trust Co. will represent that banking house at the annual conven- tion of the American Institute of Banking,” to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, from July 15 to 20, and will accompany the delegates on a tour of Canada following the close of the convention. The convention will be attended ' by representatives of the leading banking house of every state in the Union. Miss Gourson plans to leave New York city July 15. The conventiofi will close July 20, and in conjunction with the business ses- sions there are numerous soclal ac- tivities on the program, including mo- tor trips and sailing. Headquarters at Cleveland will be at the Hotel Cleveland. At the close of the busi- ness sessions, the delegates will go to Niagara Falls, thence to Toronto, to Montreal, to Quebec, to Lake George and return to-New York city. Head- quarters at Toronto will be in the King Edward hotel. board be authorized to let bids. It was voted to buy a new Ford car to replace the poorest car in the en- gineering department. It was voted to recommend to the common coun- cil that the contract for the erection of street signs be awarded to the Astitor Hor)ick’s The ORIGINAL Maited Milk 7:30 p. m.—"The Right Kind of Music in the Home,” a musical talk by Harriet Ayre Seymour. 7:45 p. m.—Review Qf Reviews, a currént events discussion. 8 8:00" p. m.—Stadium concert, Wil- lem Hoggstraten, conducting the N. Y. Philharmonic orchestra at the Lewisohn Stadium, | 9:30 p. m.—Joint Florence Lee, pianist, | MacKay, soprano. - 10:30 p. m.—Recital | Kelvin the English tenor. WL, ... (American Radio & Research Corp, Medford Hillside, Mass.) 6:00 p. m.—Late news Early sport news. 6:15 p." m.—Code practice, No. 74, 6:30 p. .m.—Boston. police reports. Amrad bulletin board. World Mar- ket survey. U. 8. department of for- eign and domestic. commerce. ous thing happened. The body under his touch dropped to pleces. Its Lead rolled away; its trunk became dismembered and he fell heaving an amorphous torso into the air, Ifor, exerting the needful pres- sure to move a heavy weight, he found none and tumbled to the ground, holding up a coat stuffed with grass. The man was on his feet in an in- stant, fearing an ambush; but aston- | ishment opened his mouth. | “Corpo di Bacco!" he cried, and| the exclamation rang in a note of something llke terror against the cliffs and upon the ear of his com. panion. Neither rascal delayed a moment. Their mingled steps in- stantly rang out; then the clatter| faded swiftly upon the night and silence returned. | Iror ten minutes nothing happened. Next, out of a lair not fifteen yards | from. the distorted dummy, rose = figure that shone white as snow un-| cer the moon. Mark Brendon ap- thus addressed him and his heart throbbed; but the temptation to con- fide in her lasted not a moment. backward | (Continued in Our Next Issue) ASPIRIN Say “Bayer” and Insist! Century Sign Co. of Boston for ap- proximately $165. It was voted to communicate with te park commission in regard to You have not yet got behind that. You loved her, but she did not love you. She loved me and married me. And it is I who. know her character, not you. She is very clever and pre- tends a great deal more than she feels.. If shé makes you think she is unhappy and helpless, she does it on purpose. She may be unhappy, be- cause to keep secrets is often to court unhappiness; but she is not helpless at all. Her eyes look help- 1éss; her mouth never. There is power and will between her teeth.” “Why do you speak of secrets?” “Because you did. I have no se- erets, It is Jenny, my wife, who has gecrets. I tell you this. She knows all about the red man. She is as deep as hell.” Brendon could hardly believe his ears, but the Italian appeared very much in earnest. = He chattered on for some time. Then he looked at his watch and declared that he must descend. 3 *The steamer is. coming soon," he AS THE RED MAN FIRED, THE ‘ood-Driak OTHER PLUNGED FORWARD ON HIS FACE., e Al for All Ages —Substitates having the north corners of the park Jack-Knife plunged forward on his face, gave one convulsive tremor through all his limbs, and moved no more. The big man, panting from his exertions, ap- proached only to see that his fallen vietim showed no sign of life, “the other, with his face amid the alpine fiowers, remained where he had dropped, his arms outstretched, his kands clenched, his body still, blood running from his mouth. The conqueror took careful note of the spot in which he stood and bring- ing a knife from his pocket blazed the stem of a young tree that rose not very far from his victim. Then sbove the fallen, recital by Mrs, and Estelle by Charles < BATTERIES flashes. lesson sald. “Now I leave you and I hope that T have done good. Think how to help me and yourself. ~What o now feels to°you I cannot tell. Your | leaves it covered, and presently drew proached the snare that he himself tad set, shook the grass out of hls‘ coat, lifted his hat from the ball of 6:45 p. m.—Girls’ hour conducted by Mies Eunice L. Randall. “Camp Fire Girls” by *“Big Smoke." THERE is no.sub- stitute at any price for an Exide Battery except another Exide. There’s an Exide Service Station near you. Make use of it. 8:30 p. m.—Evening program— 1. “Science Up to Date,” by the Selentific American, 2. Vocal selections. 3. Radio drama presented. by the Amrad Players, H. D. M. director. on his knickerbockers, having emp- | tied them of their stuffing. He was | cold and calm. He had learned more | than he expected to learn; for that| startled exclamation left no doubt at | | all concerning one of the grave-dig- gers. It was Gluseppe Dorla who had come to move the body, and] there seemed little doubt that Bren- don's would-be murderer was the | other. The operations of the detective from the moment that he fell head-| long, apparently to rise no more, may te briefly chronicled. B With a loaded revolver still in his | opponent’s hand, he could take no | risk and fell accordingly. Brendou had simulated death for a while, but when satisfled of his assaflant's de- turn may come. I trust so. I am not at ail jealous. But be warned. This, red man—he is no ' friend to you or me, You seek him again to- day. So be.it. And if you find him, be careful of your skin. Not' that a man can protect his skin against fate. . We meet at supper.” He swung away, singing a can- 26net, and quickly vanished, while Brendon, overwhelmed by this extra- ordinary conversation, sat for an hour motionless and deep in thought. He considered now his own course of action, and presently proceeded to the region in which Robert Red- mayne had been most frequently re- ported. Brendon climbed steadily upward and presently sat down to rest upon a' lttle, lofty plateau where, in the mountain scrub, grew lilies of the valley and white sun-rose. Unless you see the name ‘“Bayer” on package or on tablets.you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty- two years and proved safe by mil- Lions for Colds Toothache Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” only. Each unbroken package con- tains proper directions.. Handy boxes of twzlve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceti- cacidester of Salicylicacid. 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