New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1926, Page 12

NEW BRIT AIN Quicksands of Love ‘Adele Garrison’s New Phase of —Revelations of a Wife —— Does Dicky Begin to Take Stock of Things? Te my great surprise, and I am sure to Lilllan's also, Dicky took the matter of Philip Veritzen's roses very quietly, and with no particular caustic comment. I remembered Lillian’s prophecy that “he might send the roof of the bullding hurt- ling over the Drive into the Hud- son river and that, on the other hand, he might sit back and take stock of himself.” It looked very much as it he were fulfilling the latter part of her prediction,, and secretly I was more uneasy than i had made Philip Veritzen's munific Dicky a temper I understand, for 1 Lave experienced so many of bis trums that I am familiar with every posible phase of them. But Dicky, silent and watchful 1 could not tathom E Lillian's gibe concerning the chyrsanthemums he had told Junior he referred, failed to arouse a retort from him, and indeed, it was not long after dinner, when Katherine with Junior and Mary had gone to their rooms om the third floor, and he had escorted Lillian to her omnibus and return- ed again that, alone with me, he spoke of the roses. “I'm Next to This Camouflage.” “It's none of my business, of course,” he said, speaking slowly, and evideptly choosing his words with great care, “but I'd watch. my step a bit with Veritzen. Of cour: I'm next to all this ‘Mary’ camou- flage, and he'd rank several points higher with me if he'd sent these directly to you.” He indicated the wealth of roses in the living-room with a contemptuous sweep of the hand. “The child's in her head turned if she thinks such things are the prerogatives of her new position,” he went on, “and it in’t quite falr of Veritzen. Some- body ought to tell her the truth.” “I fail to understand you,” I gan coldly, but he interrupted with an unpleasant litfle laugh “Oh, yes, you do,” he soid, “pers fectly, but there's no use talking he a ir danger of havi be- me any more ab orar 11 Are iced concoc in th the pose historical ion ors i it's too much authority it mon you you'v > 1 stir to Are in there the 1 put in always you'll give it up. 1 ask of a Mary Reports a Visitor, I¢ his st 1 to tone we 80 to the there was an which which tugg 1 you,’ the » lighted Hi o as 1 I reflec the s a followed tions was tractable, it migt mythical ones a few tit. I took from Katie's Dick with pleces of practice familiar, the with glass and to have besi midnight, gagement trate 1t juice the from opening the ic de was while T w the had h ild ¥ kitche elusive something I never 1 unconsciously ic hgrgai him int nat hil » m oranges a tidy -p! which bes him if n fruit of the from the private stai room. T across the Kite: Ma en nette, light the eld hi permitied him n alone. w 1 at my conscience 1 told him, “if perceptibl he said o the kit urally Veritzen ake him 1to i for his we a basket, ick put ice into a pitcher. It 1 am for every summer it been my nightly custom to put on the reading table fde his b a pitcher containing the iced drink ®which I had concocted one day from an old recipe. Dicky had hailed it as the one he wished in the | hours Between his going to bed and when, prevented manuscripts which he 0 evenin he rea was to squee that door in; footstep: room toward the Ii and Harrison, wide-eyed with ter- next ir ror appeared in the doorway “Somebody door,” Copyrizht, 1 s trying to get in my she whispered. , Newspaper Feature Syndicate, Inc. house ? bad heard that lemons I heard le way to Dicky's any ft t ed me sup- great usual But in istful , and chen, it s at-| bis nvent bene- while some is a| most has bed & long | g en- d the illus- g the ading s ran ghted nstant | A Change in Plan I drew Joan Meredith me along the cushion of the splendid limousine. “Time is a great healer,” U said. “But I miss him so, Judy, T miss him so very much. Oh, I know it. T know he wasn't worthy, hut I think that makes it even hard- ei to bear. I had so much to give ind wasted so much. Perhaps you think I am silly, “but it is You never have sald so that vanted you to be with me. “Judy,” she said, cuddling closer to me, “T have decided that I do not want to go to Europe right away. 1 want to stay on here a little while— at least until Leila is out of the ho; pital. I'd like to watch the litte button on Barry Junior's face turn into a nose. It promises to be as in teresting as the opening of a rose. Don’t you think you can stay a little while longer before we sail She asked this as coaxingly though it were I instead of herself who had made the plans in the first place. “Why, of course, stay. You know it is up to you. All I have to do is trail along. All you need do is call up Jerry and tell him not to get the steamer reservations.” Joan looked relieved At least 1 really should stay until my brother goes on his expedition don’t you think so, Joan?" “Well 1 know, if ‘he my brother, T'd certainly stay,” I told her, as we got out at the gate of her eonntry home, instead of driving up to the doo This was a practice of certainly T did blame whole estate from Bate spread itsc out in one of the mos beautiful aspects of nature flowers, trees, birds, could not help but put one into a happy frame of mind, even if one had happy at the gatew ¥ glad 1 hes You do like John you have than likin because I have my dear, we can w Joan's and her. The not been ¥ Judy. don't Although I 1 er met him hut for an hour or two {his 1 gh 1 had | all my Are you e mor teel ax g with POO; “T don't ec a ind slight i A CHANGED MAN It you onl peak said made m T could not help excl: awful! What a or TalE 1 your mol te r." wond aver aind searad a human soul until it's scar red semblance showed t} But Judy, mother ght tha everyons would pity John and ing him they would commiserate her. T tell you wh fart he upen her. & bov 5o badly that m phytique did not make impeyfections.” “That was very selfish S - e the cannot had She up Joan. T must was your on, right mother no woman in th . especially say this although she 1 has passed and a world ha child’s s any own mother, to make him conscious that he is not as other make him for me I vyou, dear, h man who 1 hav affect his lif as well confess never a me i children and so unhappy all might that As to met a n the same way as has your brother, John Meredith," Who called 1sked a strong voic rent fr heard in recognize it. Uneonscio ing by the m stone bit Johin A voice s one 1 he morning that I did not Meredith 2 o dif- had had been stang steps, our conye sation being so interesting that we had come to a the Jo Around run limping cane came and he frightfully. semewhere, was in his lamenese, For the first top. corner bre i his almost ther. 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She up in the inset inue to roll her hose. casts| artist’s model (shown close to A Funny Surprise Party By Thornton W. Burgess "Tis other people whe are queer; Than this there nothing is mon clear, Reddy Tox The eyes of Reddy Fox looked ift hey were trying to pop right out of his head. He was sta into a little pool of vater. On the other side of that little pool. also looking in, was Graywing the Gull. “Oh, my goodnessl What is happening now?” exclaimed Reddy “Can you see them, Graywing? Can them?" Reddy was getiing 15 ng down you se oxcited Now Reds little Of course it all. It really had a head sk at of had ben watc hing a Horse ped very much Jike a horse, and when it swam was upright in the water. When ddy had first seen thfs curious little fellow he had urled round a stem of en he had let go of the q o swim, and Re n anything more his life. the thing that had o exclaim was somethi had happencd while k It was nothing funny surpri that funny Ittle 1t his ta w8, T d s thought he interest- LT &l ay Vever ing in 3ut caused g that ol less th g more nor party. Out from fish, from a big had appeared dozene of lit- things which Reddy knew with- being told must bhe jittle a They must be, because they d come out of that curious pocket vhich the Sea Horse lie had been ng carried Reddy thought they never would stop coming out He thought some went back i 1gain, but of this he wasn't sure. You sce, there were so many of them it was hard work to keep watchof all of them. They didn't much like a Sea Horse raywing hastened to tell at they would in a few days. “Was she ng them all the time 2 Reddy but he was, a tle out Iorses. n B ro- ean, he was lemanded Beddy. “You rememier what you wbout Pa Sticklehael Graywing. “Do Pa eback took the family?” Red “You know, I'm sorry T am so! But what to do with Mrs. Sea Ho “Di ust you 't Torse, but Mr. Sea Horse Graywing rather You haven't seen Mrs. Sea all. That is Mr. Sea Hors: there, You you are sorry ra klebeek, but Pa € goes Pa Stickichack one earned inquired remember how all the care of vou nod ¢ hie fel that waid for that has o tell that i Horse lown it S Pa Stickleback mere but P around re of the S with Nt cggR In tha nest, Horse carries t You sce that pock little Sca Horses cm him ha 086 just came Reddy ‘Of course,” said 1 they worry than ywing ocket un rse doosn't y morc Stickl dos Sea He £ 1 child S Huh!" I'm I'm glad not a On," 4 it fsn't way Yon 15 ks mustn't Stickleha and Reddy Who fails Skins h 0 always v his toes n or later bump bis nose 014 Mother Nature There 18 nothing the world A bumped nose All of this I8 of eaving more true than thi bed anoth vour step. follows s toes merels Wateh wae Who watches his step wiil seldom fall Reddy Fox usually 1s pretty T Y T R AT N ERPW it ATty WA Occ: just as e | watchful onally less, erybody is nd carelessness. for 1 the often as When it ¢ Iy is very As vou pending & shore. He 3ut this case with#Reddy nearly it is with many others. oes happen, Reddy usual- much know, pay s upset Reddy had lot of time on the had become so used seasho that he had grown wee hit He w n't w inz his step as he should have been happened that one day, when e jumped from one hig rock to an- big rock, he didn’t that rock he was jumping from was and therefore slippery. wae that when he jumped t slipped and he didn't he was jump didn't land as he hs nded to. His hindfect didn’ wnd on it at all. Hogried to on with his forefeet, but they kept pping. He Kicked and imbled with his hindfeet, trying to scrambie up, but that rock was wet, too, and he kept slipping more and mor Now, the side,of that rock, which would be under water at high tide 4 with white shell-like things very close together. They re called Barnacleh, and the cdges of them are very sharp. They ot pleazant 1o Reddy was finding this out i Once he almost been to So it othe notice the resnult t rock land on vas cov slic over. canght himself, amble up This nd how he did iry to scr Then he began slipping again, but | eddy | Reddy had been little creatuie a Sea Horse Now, curious watching a alled time \ore was nd in against k the took tl Reddy's black yelled, and landed down tom with & thump. 1y did Kkinned it would it no sliding thoxe stopping. Down brou; Barnacle nt nose to. is skin he skin off it the bot- the nos foel most foolish bett into water. little tide “Wow! dancing thing. He felt he could rushed to th nd plunged his nose velled, and began You that salt simply n it He pool " he “hout. ind skin- sure only get neare in. water was salf e that . more. water e smart all It while iround that pened along the very tun 1 Ne ned was > was still ng ng the Guil hap- Graywing ehied rock from whiih Reddy What's the mat ghbor L8 on had wit £ er ox ¥ a h vou manded No " mumbled Red Then Graywing saw Reddy's ou humped vour nove Neighbor. It hap bumped my too that 1 but 1 bad never have it must hurt.” Vell, T gu nose, s that vou guess right," returned Reddy. “These roughest ts that 1 ever anyway. 1 don't s them smooth en down 3 “Oh." von mean there.” e dsn't see are ror saw what - m top and below replied Graywing, 1 the Ba guess rnacles growing ing?" exelaimed Anything grow (Copyright, 1026 The nest stors Stands on His Head." | P Y ' @ CArOLYN BEGIN "HERE TODAY Mrs. Prentiss, who suffers from insomnia, sees lights mysteriously appear and disappear in the Heath household next door one night, and the next morning Harbor Gardens, Long Island, is agog with the mur- der of Myra Heath and the disap- pearance of Perry, her husband. | House guests of tha Heaths Lawrence Inman and Bunny Moore. Inman might have a motive because he is heir to Myra's considerable fortune, she having cut off her hus- band in her will. Suspicion also points to golden-haired, vivacious Bunny Moore, because of her refus- al to answer questions at the in- que an. She wore never used cosmetics, never colors. She had a mania for collecting glass, and it was a rare old whiskey bottle that was the in- strument of her death. Candles were burning at her head and feet when a maid discovered her body, and nearby was a card marked, “The Work of Perry Heath." Strangest of all, was heavily made up and dressed with gay colors. The strangest thing about Heath's disappearance Is the fact that all the windows and doors had been Jocked on the inside the night be- fore and were found that way in the morning. Finger prints of Bun- ny and Inman are found on the bottle. A vanity case has strangely disappeared and physicians mine that the rouge was applied to | 2y face after death. | At the country club, the murder |is discussed by Sam Anderson, Heath's rival for the club presiden- cy; Al Cunningham, who is trying to solve the case, and others. Some believe Heath the murderer. Others, including Anderson, disagree. Cun- ningham, believing Bunny Moore is concealing something, calls on Mrs, Prentiss, who tells him of the mys- terious s. Todhunter Buck, Mrs Prenti. nephew, suggests that ry Heath also may have heen murdered. NOW GO ON WITH THE CHAPTER XVIIT evening Larry Inman and dined alone. It was an ordeal, but had ereed that it was wise for them to the ord routine of the house as far as possible; and be ready at any moment for the re- turn of Perry Heath. As a matter of course, and also bec there wa® need for a master, Tnman assumed the head of the house, while Bunny naturally filled My place in affairs of do- mesiic detail. Bunny's eyes filled as she remem- hered the gay party at the table the night before, but she conquered her cmotions, and contrived to manage little light conversation with In- man. “We STORY That they ep up use have 11 the o d, gravely, “and do the hest to face situation may we can to fires burning. with an effort to speak “Keep the Bunny said lightly. Yes,” he Perry's return. “Where is e sald, for Herrick »ut of the room. There wa home responded, “against Larry Bunpy was momenta note intense an- ish in her voice, a hint of tragedy that was breaking her young heart. ' “I don’'t know, Bunny, TInman said, but he did not look at her. “It is very hard to know what to do. I'nless he comes home soon, 1 shall have 1o look after some of his busi- 1css matters for him. A note of his ls due tomorrow and such things should not be neglected.” i “Oh, no, of course not. Do at- tend to it, Larry,—if—if he docen’t come tonight. Where could he have gone " “Bunny, you know Perry is a law unto himself. He may have gone last night, before—before Myra died. She may have known all about his going, and said goodby 1o him and all.—after you and I went upstairs, It wouldn't be an unheard a | of thing."” “N-—no, T suppose that case, he'll crime, in tonig! come right home, of course.” “Yes, of course. But again, Inman did not look a her. He semed to aveid her eyes, and turned his glance aside when he spoke to her. “What about Myra’s will?” the irl sald, suddenly,—so suddenly Inman gave a start. Why the lawyer, Hart, is away. s expected home in a day or two. will doubtless come as soon hears the news.” “Are you Myra's heir “I don’t know, Bunny. You heard what she said to Heath last night. It T am, 1 shall be glad, for the money belongs in our family, and Perry can always make his own liv- ing. Yes; is this house Myra's, too Her money was used to build it, but I'm not sure who holds the title, Don't talk about such detailg, things are bad enough without dragging in moncy matters The death of Myra was a tragedy that nk the whols household in gloom. But Heath's nce was treated as merely part of the usual routine, and whatever these two might think about it, they must su his impending reappearance. hey were not confidential, this pair, but they were at one in pre- serving a calm exterior and a cour- teous attituc Dinner over, they went lounge for coffee, By a common, though impulse they avoided the studio. All that mained of beautiful Myra IHeath had been taken away by the funeral director's men, but plans for the obsequies were in abeyance pending Perry's return But though the studio had been restored tef its nsual condjtion of or- derly informality, it was and would ever be a room of horror to any in- mate of the Heath housfhold. So Bunny, a crumpled and pathe- tie little figure, sat in the corner,of of the big davenport, and Inman | stalked about the great room, cig- | gvet in one hand, and coffee cup in not. But in see about the—the s papers, and he'll at & thi He He he a into the nunspoken o areq 3 ALED WELLs (WY DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1926. ™ 4 G. | the other. | though, or let Myra Heath was a peculiar wom- | (ptrailed away | They were full of unrest, both of them, but could not bring them- selves to talk of Myra. ©1926 P.PUTNAM SONS members, and as they can’t do much @s a body, they've asked me to in- stitute a scarch for Heath, and, also, to do what T can toward un- wh too.’ “And you think couldn’t get away?" “After committing the crime? See these windows. Small diamond panes, narrow sashes, strong in- side locks—" “But yow've only the servan word that these were all found Tocked this morning, as well as the | rest of the house. i “Yes, and it mostly rosts on Her. Inman could do that all right, Heath really “I wish I could go home,” Bunny raveling the mystery of Mrs. Heath’s | "i¢K'S Word. But why should he lis said, plaintively. “Won't they let me go, Larry? | “I don’t think so. It seems a cor- oner's verdict is far from final 4n thegminds of the police. They don't m inclined to make a move, anybody else make dne, until Perry comes home.” “Are they doing anything to find him?” “Yes—in a stupid, bat-blind way. | often sells his pictures, and the man said he hadn't seen Perry for two or three weeks. A fat lot of good such hunting does! “What do you think they ought to do? The little flower face looked up at him wistfully, as if he were the only hope or reliance. As Indeed he was. Bunny had never before known trouble or care greater than the misfit of a new gown, or the tragedy of an unbecoming hat. And now, plunged suddenly into a sorrow so grave and terrible, and with no hope of rescue or relief, her dazed brain and stunned heart could could scarcely meet the issues. Yet she was learning. Already she was beginning to see that she must rely on herself for decisions and ac- | tions. Her thoughts flew to the rather nice woman who had that morning offered to help her. Who had even offered her a temporary home— | and, who seemed to consider one necessary. “Larry ought not you.” He set down and seated himself by her “No, Bunny,” he said, “vou ought not. To b a situa tion like this, a terril of this sort, gives bne liberty to break all laws of convention,—indeed, it makes convention seem a trivial and futile thing. But, conventions re- main, when situations pass. 1 wish I knew what is best for you to do. I'm to tell that 1 you will not be allowed to go home just yet. Mott is very busy with his inquiries, and he’s only wating little longer for Perry's reappear- ance, before he breaks with me ferrible developments.” “What do you mean, Larry me 1o death!” Poor little | she to be said, sudden] here i ¥ alone with his cup and came side, seriously, sure, crisis sorry you, = loose you scare tragic death.” Detective work?” in a non-committal voice. Yes, but not professional. Some men like Arthur Stone, Sam Ander. son, and others of that, crowd, have, in a way, engaged mie to do this and I'm mighty glad to try. We are suming that as the nearest kin of Mrs. Heath, you will sanction any ort to solve the mys- case.” “Well,—I'm Inman said, slowly. know who killed course, but your tion as to ‘any seems {0 me a bit—er—uniimited “You want to limit it?” asked Cunningham, his cool grey eyes fix not sure about tha “I want to my cousin, of Dblanket proposi- and every effort’ led on Larry's face. The latter looked up, “Perhaps not limit it, a in its direction.” “Oh, that's all right, we're glad of any assistance. Now, while I'm | not a professional detective, I am acting under 1 I am en- dorsed by the club, and so I trust I'm not exceeding my rights in| asking for ihe freedom of the house for purposes of investigation.” “You mean unquestioned access to all rooms?” Inman stared at him. “I mean just that,” and Cunning- | ham stared back. “I can imagine no possible objection. The examination of Mrs. Heath's room is of utmost | importance, and I'm sure Miss Moore would say no word against quick er, asked Larry, | but, rath- | {In a straight orderly row about it? Nobody suspects him; he was devoted to Mrs, Heath, and | Perry, too. And he could never have put on that make-up so artistically, —so perfectly. No, 3t was the work of an artist,—or, a woman." | “The maids?” queried Buck. of course, You can’t mean Moore.” | "I mean anybody and nobod | There is no one above suspicion, | 'm merely inquiring about every. body. Well, I'm going upstairs. Bed- | rooms often tell tales that living ! rooms know nothing of.” Cunningham went upstairs, and | at his nod of invitation, Toddy Buck followe | "I don't get it,” Cunningham mused, as they entered Heath's bed- ,room. “Both Inman and the littis | princess seem all upset at my in- vestigations. Are they shielding | Perry? Or anybody else? For you | know if this thing is the work of an outsider, those two must have let the outsider in and let him out | again, and also they must have let | Heatn out “Unless he went off naturally, {and unquestioned, before thae tragedy occurred,” Toddy sald. fes, that's true talk. Now vou Buck, we must get in our s a picture of this room of Heath's. Look at this plaee, Can't you read Heath all over it? See the chiffonier,—all tha { brushes and tollet Implements latd or Miss my entering her room.” “Indeed T would!" drew herself up should you go into Cunningham 2" “It is an established custom Moore, to inspect carefully, and | with an eye to helpful evidence, all| parts of the house and grounds in which a crime has been committed. | I am sorry to say, the police, in this case, have been lax in this respect.! Jut T am told it is due to ‘the ab- | sence of Mr. Heath. That, however, | is really an additional reason for! haste and care in the matter of | search, for Mr. Heath's disappear- | ance is a puzzle in itself, and it is| highly probable that the two mys-| terie are interdependent.” [ “Now, Mr. and Bunny| angrily. “Why | my room, Mr. | Mis# Cunninghom,” Mrs. | broke in, *“you're wasting| £00d time, thrashing out foolish questions. Of course, Mr, Inman “That's the housemaid's work.” “I Know it.but Perry Kkept them 0. You can somehow see that. Look in his d drawers. I'll bet hia socks and handkerchisfs are in neat piles.” He opened one after anoth. er, and the clothing was as tidy as be had expected it to be, “And here's an easy chair, drawn up to the window, with a smoking stand beside §i, and a paper raci nearby. He is a bit of a Sybarite, ia Perry, and yet a tidy sort, too. Tha vo triits don't often go together. I, what you've found out about his neatness and his love of ecase doesn't get you along very far in solving the mystery, does it? “Don't be impatient, son. All good time. Now. I have this ro photographed on my mind in det comg on, we'll tackle Mrs. Hea esser in | room.” “Oh, T don't like to,” and B “Don’t be frightened fill the time |wants you to have full swing here, | 97" back with a natural in comes,—I'll keep yvou all that, but,—be prepared, for stormy times ahead.” “What do you cried. She was snow her blue were with apprehension. “Larry,” she know that awful man said our,—our finger prints were on that bottle!” “Yes, “What “Well, mean?" But a sudden change came over g the queer, elfin child. She sprang up from the couch, and almost dancing across the room, | she scated herself bolt upright in a small, straight chair. | folded her arms, and her love- Iy mouth pursed itself into a pout of mutinous rebellion. “I'm not aid of them,” said, defiantiy. “Theyecan say they choose, and do what choose! T'm not afraid! Are Larry?” advised and Bunny, mean?” the white big and girl and dark now eyes 1 aia.” mean, Larr; does know he does that 3unny; it she what they, you, 'No," belli be ? | ‘Ah, why should you be?" she re- peated,“why should I be? Why should anybody be?"” “Bunny, hush! ou're talking noneense Inman exclaimed, vague fear coming to him, that the matter had affeeted her mind. “No,- I'm not. I say, Larr have looked over Perry papers , of course not! have I to do that?" “Oh, he'll never come back. 1 thought at first he would,—now, T know he won't. And T miss him so —1 miss him so—" her voice like a diminishing echo. | Inman sighed. She was such a! child. | Yet the next moment she spoke | seriously. | “Larry, the lady t door,—that Mrs. Prentiss, you know, has asked | me to go to stay with her for a while,—until T can go home.” “Has she? Why, Bunny the thing! I do hope 20 he replied, rent attitude. “Why should I a no, you What right . that's very you'll “Are you so anxious to be rid of | me?” | “Yes,—for your own good. For your own good name. You see, peo- ple would talk if you and I etayed here alone. Nor would it make it any better for you if Perry turned up. You must see that! But for you | to go to Mrs. Prentiss’, would be an | ideal plan! Do go, Bunny, do. You | can run over here every day, you know, to look over Myra's things and eIl that. Please, Bunny, let me urge you to go." | “Don’t attempt to boss me! You know it always makes me obstin- | ate!” | “Well, I'll coax you, then. Go, dear, there’s a good girl. You will, won't you ‘-1 don’t know—" Now, Bunny had immediately and fully made up her mind to go, but she couldn’t resist the chance to | tease Larry. He was so ridiculous- | ly insistent, | Then just at the crisis, the door- knocker sounded, and Herrick mitted three callers CHAPTER XIX The thres callers were Mrs tiss and her nephew, Todhunter Buck; and with them a voung| man, anger to Bunny but an ac- | intance of Inman, Cunningham m out to find Perry Heath" Cynningham sald, after they were all seated. “I'm sure you under- | sty MrInman, the interest and anxiety feit by the Country club ad- Pren- a st jup asked. Todd; and likewise of course, Miss Moore wanis yeu to make a full search. | She's new to this business and | doesn’t understand. So you go right ahead, full steam, and IIL bet a cooky. you unearth some clue that nobody else has noticed. You | B8O | | and you | the awful thing happened what you can see!” | Cunningham disappeared into the | studio, with young Buck following, { like a shadow at his heels. | “All rubbed down and polished * cried Cunningham, disgustediy, 2 he saw tho spickfAi-and-span room. | “I did think they'd have the place | guarded from that sort of thing.” “What are you out for, anyway?" , who was eagerly “ail-! ing to see the detective work, “Oh, just hints—but who colild get any hints here? Body gone.| Weapon removed,—even the brok- | en bits of glass swept up! No-chance | for footprints on this carpet. Noj finger prints on these carefully | dusted knick-knacks and doo-dads. Even Heath's painting materials are | work basket! But what good would finger prints do you? If they were those! of the family party, they would mean nothing. And if strange ones, how would you know whose?" i Point pretty well taken., And, I'm not really keen for finger printe. I just want something— something indicative or suggestive Well, here are some letters.” He ran over a handful he drew from a pigeonhole. Nothing any good! They're bills| or club notices, mostly. No billets doux from adoring damsels or any- thing like that. My, he has a lot of | pipe cleaning paraphernalia! Look | at all these contraptions.” Toddy Buck gazed without inter- est at the array of patent devices for cleaning pipes or cigarette hold- © “Too many,” he said, contemptu- ously. “An old bit of wire does me. And say, how tidy he keeps his paints. T.ook at these water-color boxes. Al in perfect order. I thought artists wore a messy lot.” “Heath isn't. He loves things or- derly. His wife did, too. Look at all this glass of hers, ranged in rows in these two cabinets. Not a piece set'awry, and all shining and speck- less.” Yes, and there's a bottles like the one ed with.” Toddy spoke in an awe-stricken tone. This business gruesome to him, deeply interested. “Now, maybe, row of old she was kul- though he was Mr. Cunningham,” went on, “maybe the murderer, whoeyer he was,. touched up the lady's face with these paints, instead of regular cosmeties.” Al Cunningham looked up quick- Iy, “It might be possible. T can't vis: ualize that scene, Buck. It Heath killed his wife, I can understand his painting her face, for he was al- ways at her to do it lerself, and too, he wag an artist and for¥ver dabbling with brushes. But I don’t think he Killed her. For there's no way he could get out. Whereas, if he went away, before she was kill- ed, then clearly some one ‘in the house is the criminal, and tried to turn suspicion to Heath by setting up the card and all that.” “Who, for choice?” “Well, Inman is a good guess. He And he's clever ensugh to arrgnge matters to make It seem the work of Heath. T mean the cosmetics and all, as well as the card. And h¢'s an artist. £o if the facial applications seemed a Dit | against invading the sanctity of dead wéman's apartments. “All right, you stay out, o back downstairs. But Toddy was naturally inguisi- tive, and, too, he was*bound to ha in on this detective business, ko ha whispered, “vou |into that studio there,—that's where | {§l0Wed the older man acress the tireshold = (To Be Continued) Your Health How to Keep It— Causes of Jliness BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela the Health Magazine Benzine is widely used in the liome and in industry hecause it will dissolve rubber and gum fats and resins of various kinds. It is involved in the blending of motor fuels. It is puzzied at her a|l put away as neatly as a lady'slused In chemical industries for. ex- |iracts of oils and dyes, and in the manufacture of *paints, varnishes and stains, and of paint and varnish ve- | movers. In the artificial leather manufac- ture, in sanitary can manufactura and in dry cleaning, benzol or ben- zine is constantly employed because of its solvent properties. In the man- ufacture of rubber tires, it forms an Important constituent of rubber ce- ment. Tt s not surpriying, since it is S0 poisonous and so widely used, that it produces cases of diseass in con- siderable numbers, Small Doses Tn some instances emploves are acutely asphyxiated through enter- ing tanks which contained benzel, but most of the cases concern per- sons who are gradually polsoned by small doses of the bezina {nhaled during the course of their work. Medical literature supplies the res- ords of "hundreds of cases of chronic poisoning with this substance. A study of these cases indicates that the condition occurs with great fre- quency in cold weather, when ven- tilation is reduced by the closing of windows and doors. Young girls seem especially pre- disposed to serious symptoms fol- lowing the inhaling of benzine, as are also pregnant women. A person who is becoming gradually poisonsd {with this substance is likely to eom- plain first of headache, dizziness, loss of appetite, réady fatigue and gen- leral weakness. Later, thore may be |nausea and vomiting and sensatiens {of chilliness, with bleeding from the nose and mouth or other mucous membranes. Sometimes bloody spots appear beneath the skin. AfYtects Nerves It the course is very gradual the nervous system may also be affeated and serlous disturbances of sensa- tion and locomotion may develop.e The significant change in the body is i”\e manner in which the benzine at- tacks the blood. The number of white blood cells begin to decrea and simultanaously there is a break- ng up of the red blood cells. ' Just as soon as this condtion & | dlagnosed, the person should change his employement, preferably to open- air work, since the important fac- tor is to remove him from contact with the poison. The physician will trezt the severe cases of poison by | reat, fresh air and sunshine, and by food substances planned particylarly {to build up the blosd m. If the |cage is extremely smevere, it ix seme Alexander had motive, opportunity, and time. |times desirable to trgnsfuse pleod 2o |28 to supply the deficlency promptly. There are but 150 miles of rall road lines ipePersia, 4 country with 9.009,009 peopls and an srey of were from Heath's water-colorbox, 628,000 equare mil: