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b ORI A ““Oh, he did. And who was this ?-mm o o 2 HAUT® : i “Jim, he don't know, sir. You T B D t A see, he was talkin’ to Katie, and e beauty Doctor Al SR R ied Tt e ! thinkin' like. He says it mighta Quicksands of Love ‘Adele Garrison’s New Phase of s camcemsmoamommoan amomin BY NIN(ON =eemseme 1926 been Mr. Heath, and then again, G.R. PUTNAM SONS [it mishure” Rl ek “T see. Well, that matter will . CONDITION — Eve lashes that 3 Y f W[ —— : e b bear looking into. Now, as to Miss evelations or a e . : L ; BEGIN HERE TODAY | “Mr. Buck” she said, speaking|there.was no other available van- | 3ro7 OPKRE THto. oW &3 to Mes TREATMENT — Though mak- Mrs. Prentiss sees lights mys-|almost for the first time directly [ity box in the Heath house last Mary is Frightened, So Dicky Mary is Initiated into Making b Ing up the eyes is not sanctioned |tcriously appear and disappear to Toddy, “I know perfectly well, [night. An examination of the ser- i Investigates. Dicky's Nighteap. Dicky wasted no words in ques- At Dicky's hidding, I hurried | tions as Mary Harrison panted out Mary Harrison downstairs, leaving hér story that somebody was trying 'him to attend to the locking up of to get in her door. | her room, as he had suggested. She was still shivering as with cold, coming upstairs, at one-thirty, with - . - this vanity case in her hand?” by the most fastidious, it is quite | next door in the Heath household you and Mr. Cunningham are|vants’ belongings shows only some Yes, sir, I'm sure. permissible to touch up eye lashes|one night, and the nest morning | shadowing me. I think that is the |inferior materials. That this box| ppon o™ (00 S0® 0 that are too light if you do it care- | Harbor Gardens, Long Island, is| term the detectives use.” shows on its surface the finger| . “yo convince her hearess of Her fully. As you apply it, brush up-|agog with the murder of Myra| “Why — why, Miss DMoore—"|prints of Miss Moore, only — no|yncerity of statement, whatever ward and be very careful that you|Heath and the disappearance of|Toddy was dumbfounded at this, |Others. ‘And so, we are forced to | (}o" doductions might indicate, do not get the tinfest particle of | her husband, Perry. | “why, you must know if I could |the conclusion, that, quite apart| ~ sfier 8 few more questions, the mascara in your eve. Moisten| House guests of the Heaths are | do anything to ‘help you—" from the murder, the yxaklng up Of | which brought out nothing new, | Mrs. Heath's face was done by | ot sent the girl away, with strict Miss Moore. This in'itselt is, of|j;giryciions to tell no word of course, no crime, but added to the{what had passed at the interview. fact that Miss Moore's finger prints | Anq so thoroughly did he threaten were on the bottle that was used | hor with punishment, for dise as a weapon, we can't help feeling| gpedience, that Emma went ' off, that Miss Moore was in some Way|yowing inviolable secrecy. implicated in the matter, if only as {To Be Continued) an accessory or an observer.” R “Take care of b Madge,” he “mTaA:d the next instant was |[though the room was warm, when running up the private staircase be- |Wwe had hurried down the private ; : mascara with witch hazel, | Lqwrence Inman and Bunny Moore.| “You would do just the oppo- tween our second and third floor SU“‘XI ""““"‘”( “‘j'::"‘"_“‘s o > g5 a an water, for the best Te-| Tnman might have a motive be- | site! Yes, of course T Know that!” apartments which we had arranged 'r}.”\'\{llwf\l(mr ’r‘{,'\(\]mr‘ (\nn\r 'vlo:::n; I put 2g G cause he is heir to Myra's consid- | Bunny's eyes blazed now, and her TRaT e o A O N e e wieet Dath-ohe ‘ot e o | erable fortune, she having cut Per- voice quivered. The poor child was | it (ve Jind. disoovered O oy T lry oft. suspicion also points to g0l- all wrought up, her nerves were on | Buo remodeling o rooms toMary |said E hile T hout e philc : As soon as the temperature falls to | den-haired, vivacious Bunny, be-| edge, and she felt she must take it | o D e oitine. omt my hand | But she shook her head obstinate- normal, the child should _receive | cause of her rofusal to anSWer | out of somebod. to her, “We mustn't let him go alone |1y ® 2 plenty of nutritious food, particu- | questions at the inquest. o e But she looked so lovely, se like | up there. “I'm all right,” said, and in- & , larly fresh vegetables and gcu-l} Myra Heath \\af peculiar. :\ht a bruised blofsoxn or a broken but- | “You think s0?” as Toddy's non- she said. the |deed I obscrved that her teeth had 3 milk. The bowels are to be kept| nover used cosmetics, never WOr®| terfly, that Toddy Buck forgot all | committal reply. FASHIONS i t* sh ks, |stopped chattering and that the color | open by properly prescribed diet o, colors. She had a mania for collect- | abouf Cunningham and detective | ““iyya. o wey (he et sy - JIN O s s il | vastreturning ifo. Bes: faco T Be such remedies as the physiclan may | ing glass, and it was a rare old| work, and wanted only to enlist in | patective Mott, himselt. “And it By Sally Milgrim Y L e s when T get the bl milk wbe \ think desirable. whiskey bottle from her collection | the service of Bunny Moore for tho oot Aasy's Toom he was no. |I'd rather stay with you while you | patient 1s likely to sicep | that the murderer used to kill her. | rest ot his mortal carecr. | here to be seen, but the door lead- fiX it. But tell me firs ‘!m. se, \‘ - T : nuch better and be loss festless It | Candles weré. burning at hei e ; LA v ; : the dimly- |fore Uncle Dicky comes down, who ow, you just wal e ex- have sent for an important witness, ng from her room to the dimly n ss restlest es were. bur r he ‘s he is given a warm sponge bath just| and feet, and nearby was a €ard| jimog’ eagerly, “I'm for you — |and if you choose, you can listen lighted hall was wide open. (e irying 1o kryntolmysroong L AN before going to sicep. A warm | marked, “The work ”°’m‘1"”“’_:’s‘ all for you! And Il put all my|in.” “Put on your j umps and stockings “"i;‘ "'}‘l,‘_"’""”; i LR e sponge bath will cool the patient | Wfl*‘\\- ~f,‘y'{‘"x st "fl e with | €ards on the table. Al Cunningham | So Toddy stayed, and it was not quickly,” I directed, for her bare feet (13" 0% the Way o atos and & had just as much as a cold one, and it | heavily made up an ; dld take your vanity case, or what- | long before Emma, the waitress were thrust into slippers and she had | "aE¥ SOT O° SGe (AR You K Demonstrated by Flo Kennedy | will have the added advantage of | 8ay colors. | ever you call It. And I'm expecting | from the Heath home, appeared. on only a thin kimono over her N0 Was pulling sy oiding the possibility of chilling. | The — peculiar thing about|you fo tell me why he took it, and | She was the one who had seem. pajamas. “Then put our, coat on| “What gave you that ‘crazy sort - - S Following the sponge bath,| Heath's disappearance is the fact|{why you care so much that he did | ed simple and honest at the time and fasten it up to the neck; that [of idea; Mary?" I asked quictly. ol ol ah Reddy's the body may be dusted with some | that all windows and doors had! take {t.» {of the inquest and Mott greeted is, if you want to go with me. I| “OM, TIdon't know exactly” she|Uns 1ot of CPReEles 8% RO Plyieht talcum powder which will pre-| been locked on the inside the night Juck ‘looked at her straightfor- ' her kindly. must find your uncle.” medirmad-ieltiene asie A aeriBOXD R DRI something, haven't you?" Vent irritation of the skin resulting | before and were found that Way wardly, and to his delight, Bunny| "“Well, Emma” he sald, “we #1 dhought T Tisal » notse. |OT laok went over your face whes | k) e S : from the eruption. There is no rea- | by the butler in the morning. Iin- | roturncd the glance with equal sent for you, beciuse wa think you She had obeyed me almost before I'ncle Dicky ~ sald he thought he| . req. | SOM In warm weather for covering|ger prints of Bunny Moore and In- | calmness., ‘know more than you told at the I had finished, and despite the stress iheard a nolse on the fourth floor as certainly have.”” replied Red-\ 0 pagjont with heavy blankets or| man were found on the bottle and| But Mrs. Prentiss, as she her-|inquest. of the moment I made the mental he Went Into the hall f{rom mydy. “What are those funny 185! cor yeing flannel siecping garments.| physicians established that the| sslf would have expressed it, could | “Yes, sir,” sald the phlegmatic comment that when she became an |room. | waving ahout in the water for A good cotton nightshirt is more | rouge was applied to Myra Heatd | gee through a ladder with a hole and imperturable young woman. actress she would he able to change | T caught my breath as the realiz | “Thats the way that fellow gets| . iaile than silk, wool or flan-|after death. in it, and she realized that Miss| Mott didn’t quite know whet her costumes rapidly. But when we tion came to me that ‘_\""" Mary | hig fo0d,” replied Graywing. “That e * | At the Country club, the mur-| Bunny, whethér naive or sly, could | her response was one of acqui- stepped outside the door Dicky came Sl Was & child In many ways sl | Barnacle lives on food which we Contagious* | der is discussed by Sam Anderson,' wind Mr. Todhunter Buck around | cscence or merely acknowledge. Risning dorilihoratata iromR Cia (O S TISEESMST SR et SHE | earniot see Ranalithone waving Hox=!| S SIRRNSRE sttt stion NI a8 Vil o ha ol e et pink little finger, and ' ment of his remark, but he felt his fourth floor. . ”,T”'.),"l’l";'f'nl:"‘ Ith & crltical renson. | there make little currents of wa- satlent wi(h meagles is found chisf.| deney; Al Cunninghams, who 18 try<! shat she wai quits rexdy to procesd | way alow e o vhe s rtin s & vanoalof s | CoE PLISHE carfyh (el rodRinta (e Iy in the excretions from the mose|ing to solve the crime, and others.!with and enjoy the process. “You do know a little more, Em- B b iooris ou| Vears Y mist b striclly o paard)| outl ROt o Batnacle. and throat. Therefore, arrange-|Some believe Heath the murderer. Also, Mrs. Prentiss had the some- ma?" he said, ingratiazingly, B R ok [svhiart rl(Wico £ et Waraitinesi) b 0 pyol imein s6hady it itno (i GRESAl b Cleetors o arian ot | Others, including Anderson, -dis- what unusual quality of a fine| “Yes, sir,’ was the stolid assent, SIS e e e s e e 0T e T Tl e s e e e S S she| “Well, tell 1t Mott was getting i couldn't have done that” she |femain In ignorance. Hesa s A i nedny clothing worn by the patient during| Mrs. Prentiss of the mys®rious ed up accurately and truly, Bun- | impatient. e said stoutly, “for I didn't make a It was useless, however, to quibble | "Of cvo'uw--.\\}!.‘v"v”" : f"ff‘\‘\i)"{ his illness, and if possible to sun|lights 1;3-{!””\1]»-’1 x”u.km ’lxo n?’l' ny's sudden little n\lun of deflance| “Tell what, sire” sound when T heard the noise. I With her upon this particular oc Graywing, chuc I\vlv’u, again. “I»‘] the clothes thoroughly after wash- | pPhew, sugge: ."f‘l eath also may :anl.l she knew that there was some- ‘What you l\.novj'. just slipped out of bed. T didnt slon, and when I had poured some | spoUIdN'L it have & moutn as well {ne iy wvery possible meas. | have been murde red. sieg | Ming back of it, more than a miss- | But suddenly, Emma seemed to aven put on my kimono and slippers |milk into a saucepan and set it over | m“vh_ow feathery leg ure should bhe taken to prevent With Buck, 4;_ulm 1\,\\3}\\ -'InJLh ing vanity case. She knew that get scared. : until T got out on our staircase.” the gas flame I answered her query Well, what I want to know i8” .py4ran from coming in contact{an inspection of the Heath _rmm‘: Bunny had something to conceal, | ”1 — I don't know anything, “Well! 1 didn't make a sound, truthfully and hurriedly, for T heard | said Reddy, “how he got fastened ' i “oo oo cyoe OW GO ON WITH THE STORY and that in her present mood, she (sir” she hal breathed, her cyes aither,” Dicky said with @ smile, Dicky's step_upon the stairs. [to that rock in the first pla Chapter XX would either blurt it out, or would | gefting bix with fright and her One of the most severe compli- . < “but when I threw open the door I don't know who made th On," replied Graywing, “When ..gooo'oe oo acide from the| The bedroom was beautiful, done tell some egregious lies voice trembling. e was no ong to be noise,” T said, “but I can guess. I'll | ja was a very tiny fellow just out ritati B et e .| up in pale gray and silver, quite in And good Mrs. Prenties wanted Mott pursued his advantage. T e e e of the cgg, he didn't look anything | Traion Of the lngs “':“‘;,’l’n"n“r;"‘,‘l keeping with the exquisite taste to save the pretty child from either | “Yes, vou do! Now, out with it! noise on the staircase above me, but €oes to bed.” ke like a Barnacle, and he swam | "4y oceuiests, is the possibility of| 14 love of simplicity that had contingen Do you want to find yourself in the my own imagination must have been | “May 1 see you do it? around. But by and by after some, .. jiecviod ear, characterized Myra Heath in life. So she said, quite casually, “You | station house? Tell me what you|The Peak of Millinery Perfection working overtime, for when I'ran up, | She nodded comprehendingly as: )., 0cc he decided to setile down & Naturally, a patient recently re. CArter sat by a window, doing a | clear out, Tod. Go to bed, or go saw, when you came downstairs to is Found in the New Trim- there was no sign of anybods. I wan- | Dicky came in, then turned to him |in™“lice s * b butted his head | oo oiurally: a ba : bit of mending, and she looked up | down town lo the movies or do let Katic in!" mings. ¢ dered all over the halls and bath- |with quick aplomb. zainst that rock an stuck there. f on. | InQUiringly as the two came In. | whatever you like. Miss Moorc and | “I told the gentleman, sir, that 1| ro:m up there—if anybody had been | “Don't you wish you had ‘nerves 1‘u::;1\‘. 1‘.‘» mrnn) y;'; that shell “,“?“ml‘lm o 1;",—1:‘1?:” f‘roo‘;;‘ “Where Is Mrs, Heath's vanity I are quite ready to excuse you.” | saw nothing” High crowns, narrow brims and % 0D eibutily widd Teva Dot [lood sligidemanded sauclly, e bt |0t un fiers s been dier] 0, T8 BHY DeRON suiforing | case?” Cunningham asked, without| Toddy, catching the gleam of| “I know vou did. And you told a | @ Wealth of decoration are features ST T L DT T SR S SR R R S e S e St e O T preliminaries. | bis. aun’s commanding eye, Im- lie! Now, do the best you can to|Of the new millinery-mode. Chict there wasn't even a spider moving. milk also?” the water covers him e opens up !, hn0 e e Of a% ihfected €2 Tighe nas several” the maid re-| mediately said his simple g00d |repaly the slip . of your. fansus |@MONE these are the highly orna- So you see you haye vour fears for | “Hot milk! ugh!” he shuddered | the Wi I o et Sl Rl tromt painIal zecunréncel ot TS st et What aid you see? Or whoman | mental trimmings found on both R and s can fomawl ithihed Ot At e e K s Tiotnatiee fon te = soa idt 1180 fever i Somstimas fne fe¥eT| "uGet them all out” was the or- | ow, my dear child” Mrs.| “I — I saw—" Emma hesitated, | Streét and afternoon shapes. In con- again, I've locked your door.” I e R 0 S it oy s el ol shoeite) o St o S R STl S e, it et o s e interlocutor gave her a !rast to the almost masculine severs Mary Shares Madge's Room. Fanenitenrvien dutidbacoid lob il e e i S sl e s e eae iy | et AR B (RO TREE RNt e melg, Balien e o ient | 15, ity of last years hats, the new b gia i iocieat § e bme i e Hen ol 8 Aatle i aaukel et LR B s e [anaiacterinal iom sl npvse unice | SEERARE TS Mhate (ERe RS el Bl nog o vou choose, you | “Dut with it now! It will be far| Models are delightfully feminine in Rkt even and il saw het ARG LUITONEN. Citening oo L EolnE ) LR BERGREO S TRe S B Eagfenion noc it oulL e oD o oSt nennbast tiat it vas |imayitallc thines over a b TItE | Ibettis ts o i lonzinin i et cioninEtof ihagnas fofisiahorats was shaking with something like a |10 ask her (o finish the Lkt (Copyright, 1926, by T. W. Bur- |S5.f0 permit ihe escape of themat-| ), ¢, 4o o ‘seen they ‘had never| ' Binny looked af her with the you tell the truth, You saw some. | 2Nd highly colorful details. Sdvrouh oHILL j was fixing for me. A here's a HIE fer resulting from infection. panoy e e e B LT eIl et X iis’ G5 Ninta gBolched todey 1 E oy DL G LI Tor gL '0331;;:,'“,':' O et St e Scanning the three, carefully, and country sparrow, and said, cour-| “Miss — Miss Bunny, sir.” Isirate thisinow tandency. Tn: both e ?:ur:‘—nyvh;fl;r_‘(-h'w‘:xrj“! STbnty et |10 BTl M ir s Frer el ot S SR o fhe Fami{y noting their newness, Cunningham teously: “Yes, of course, I knew that!” | €ases the crown is high and notable a3 you are interested in a proof of it, stay here a few moments longer. I covered from measles should not be e M f A “Where | “p antl ¥ e .| for rimming, and in each in- fary, for this \ « enthusiasm of a child over | Disappearance.” id, looking about, “Where is the Please, Mrs. Prentiss, 1 think | This was mendacity on Mott's | fOF its trimming, 4ol room in my bed, Mary, for ]rm«",('m,' :)u:bw ."'“‘ usiasm of ild over | Disappearance. enus ior said looking o R e T e S I ST G T SR R e e R e N e lan i [t gt M Kkitehen table, poured the steaming | | BY SISTER MARY Mrs. Heath never used a vanity it — but it has been a hard day,’ “What was she doing?” he went| m{‘_ 19, 3}:‘ (»Mf (1“.:;: "\};“‘0‘;'; She flung herself npon me with milk into a lass and set it before | BREAKPASE—Chilled cantaloupe | box, sir” Carlcr told him. “She and — oh, I'm sure Sou under. on, % _ame|afternoon shape of black velours an embrace and a kiss as rare with |her with a plate of tiny crackers. | our ea t cereal, thin cream, creamed fresh|had this powder-puff box, here on!stand: 1 want to be alone! “She — shie was going upstairs, | Ornemented With a bunch of silver her as they were natural to her im- Dicky Resorts to Sarcasm. | vecf, erisp bran tonst, milk, coffee. | the dresser, but she never used| “Of course. you do, you poor |sir |G w si s pulsive nature. But she had become | “Sip that _\,m;\,\." I directed, "”n‘l‘ How to Keep It— | LUNCHEON 4,un;. ) }"v.'m my]\.’ rouifl‘ or 419‘ sul\'(-(." PR dv:\;‘n Now, you come right along l“(;m”n;‘, upstairs, was she? | S “‘h;:{f- I50a ladieirelti e tron y epression during | Il show you how to prepare this T bales, lettuce sandwiches, apple| “Ah, yes, 1 sec, Go and bring me | with me.” Alone?” Above ack sha a- ?.:::::.‘.i;fi”.!h:x?lnrm'».; n}«i it was [drink Dicky's raving about. The U’““{ of lllness |slump, milk, tea. one from Miss Moore's room. The| And for the nmext half hour, Mrs.| “Quite alone, sir.”" turing a ;ngn crown Vrfn.m\;-d]\n(h seldom she permitted anyone to cipe and proportions are very | DINNER—Fish chowder, boiled one she habitually uses.” Prentiss was more like a matron Did she — listen, now, Emma |0 Inset band “’f ETDEREAin N _"’“""' heneath the flippant mask she had simple. I put some cracked ice into; BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (jeets in tart sauce, tomatoe and| Carter hesitated a moment, and of an orphan asylum or head |— did she have this vanity box m‘flAnfl beige 's ripes. The \nr!m is drawn over her heart. L piteher, squeeze in the juice of | Editor Journal of the American |pincapple salad, peach pie, fye|then catching the austere glance of | nurse in a charity ward than any- | her hand? very narrow and turned down all “Ien't she a dear, Uneln Dicky?" |two oranges and one lemon, sweel- | Modical Association and of | read mmilk. coffer. | the man's eye, she went on the er-!thing else. Y — yes, sir,” Emma faitered. |the Way around. A narrow band of she asked over my shoulder. en to taste and add a split of ginger Hygeia- the Health Magazine The sauce for the bheets can be|rand, and returned with an elab- And little Bunny, exhausted by “Are you sure?” Toddy Buck |Plack ribbon encircles H)e crown. “Some misguided people evidently [ale. In the summer, when [ cin get| A child with measles should be made with lemon julce, vinegar or| grate gold affalr, that had many | the unaccustomed strain om hor | broke in. of peltore (o girl will| An inset band of striped beige consider her so," he Fetorted. CBut |it, [ press some mint thiotsh & o | placed In a room alone and not per- |orange puice as Individual tase may| dangling chains and acgessorles at- | norves and emotions, tucked Hor. ' assent {6 anything o suggestr» | And henna silf trims the crown of T am aghast at your injustice. Your lander into it and put a sprig of Mint | jnitted to come in contact with oth- | ictate, The sauce using lemon or| tached (o the main ho. self between the nice percale| “Are you sure, Emma?” Mott re- | ® Dlack felt sports shape. 4 more Auntie Madge gets a hug and a kiss in each glass.” er children in the family. The room orange juice has more food value if | “This is the one Miss Moore sheets, which Mrs. Prentiss “pre- | peated, | ornamental trimming appears in for the promise of some hot milk ounds sorumiptious Mery som={ snould ‘ha warm) as the most dan|the Jnide is addad fust bafore serv2| uses?? Crnningham. aaked. fereed fo lnen” and, after her| “Yes, sir, I'm sure,” Emma said, | the form of silver grapes on the and the sharing of her bed, while I mented, watching me closely a8 1) yo 00 complication is seconddry ing and not boiled with the sauce.| “It is the only one I have seen kind hostess had departed, thought | “because I heard it jingle as it hif | CFOWN of a black velours afterioon risk battle, murder and sudden death [resumed the preparation of the bev- | oo, Make the sauce thick enough to!her use since she has been here,” things over. against the stair rail. Oh, sir, T D&t s on your account, and all T get Is crage at the point where her terrific Chilling is especially harmful in thin to the right consistency with| Carter returned. Meanwhile, though Toddy Buck hope I haven't done wrong to tell!” Copyright, 1926 (EFS) praises of my spouse.” entrance had interrupted "l mcisies, and protection from cold |tne fruit juice. | Tl keep it,” Cunningham said. |had failen under the spell of Bun-| “No. You do wrong when you “Which should he quite enough L oMo ilvatls 15 deslrablc| LG sobii ehou | Wsealicil it ooked lmal beans 2| 1 TVien: Conniaehamd e Toddy | ny’s charm, he had not entitely | don’t tell. Do you know any more? L8r youl g Aiaryisc]ieiigeinly & ol B et ventliaten D v s e d ™) Lo oleanopnali s diter &N tobiEagost| i Gt ar wrAtbs they learn- taken leave of his senses, and he | What did the young lady do next?" ANY SKIN sl mhes w11 0 OffDy rrcnerys Dlated goreena fvnlgen oxlon. 9 ews {1241 cunlalion | HAlthRe HURDATIA Borelvasalts il ot walk, thoughtfully| “Tkat's all, sir, She went up the falr lives fohemitn o e e It wers wight of my | A child with measles i lkely (0| ped nut meats. 1-8 teaspoon Pepper| home with Mrs. Prentiss and stay | tarning. his steps toward the fune- | stairs and into her own room and : Soe Iovdle hudien’ Dicky ReRlEd ior el L e e e . complsin ot UiNEmed éyes. How. 1o tenegoss salk | for a time. The combined persua- ' ral parlors, where now reposed all | shut the door.” SORENESS :\,‘l;;-\u:u;:m;:y':r ("xw.l ”H(.;.n on \;r‘\“‘\“u] :'l(l.;v";: H\‘:m m\.y \“le:“ is going to be | ver, the room should mot be kept! Run beans through a sieve. Melt! sions of that insistent lady and that was mortal of lovely M¥ra| “And this was at one o'clock?” i R o busy this year to bother with | dark unless the chlld is too young butter, add minced onion and sim-| Larry Inman had resulted in Bun- | Heath. o, sir, it was half-past one.” - ch trifle to wear colored spectacles. Sunlight mer, stirring frequently until ten-|ny's acquiescence, and she was| Buck was a methodical sort. He | “You're a good witness, Emma. _— doars agai f jis an essential for the welfare of der but not discolored. Beat egg and | about to go up for a suitcase and ' arranged his cmotions and predi- | Halfpast one was what you said at J Yyres patients with measles, as well as add to bean pulp with onion, salt,|some necessary belongings. lections in order, as another man | the inquest.” 5 for persons who are suffering from pepper and nuts. Mix thoroughly: T ncedn’t take much,” she said, ' might his business affairs. “But it was half-past one, sir. 1 any other disease. put in timbale molds or smaill| pausing at the foot of the stairs,| Toddy saw at once — he was no- saw by the pantry clock.” Om Or If the eyclids tend to stick. they custard cups. Place in a pan of hot| “for I can run back and forth for | hody's fool — that he was either| “Yes” interrupted Al Cunning- POWDER may be bathed with boric acid solu- water, cover with buttered paper| whatever I need.” in love or about to fall in it, with | ham, “and you sald at the inquest tion or plain warm wate nd bake in a moderately hot oven| ghe ran along up, and Cunning- Bunny Moore. that you saw no one when you HEALS THE SKIN Light Diet or thirty minutes. Turn out of| ham, after a few words of fare-| He knew, too, that Detective|came down ta let Katle in. You said = o The diet of the child with measies molds and serve surrounded by to-| well, took his departure. Mott, as well as the amateur Cun- | that {he servants' rooms are all in| Nothing Gives Such Quick Relief! should be light, consisting chicfly of mato sauce . | A few moments later, Bunny ningham strongly believed that the |the back of the house—" fluids as long as there is any fever. ' (Copyright, 1926, NEA Scrvice, Tne.) | came down from upstairs, follow- | exquisite child knew more than oy of Infants, Children and Adults s, sir—" Emma looked dis- ed by Carter, with a small suitcase. she had told about the fearful | resied. “But I peeped in the front T'm ready,” she said, slowly, to | tragedy at the Heath bungalows part, through the door upstairs, and .. 6 3 % . Mrs. Prentlss, “but I ecan’t find my This, to Buck's mind, did not T saw Miss Moore. And I didn’t say | Women" vanity box. It's the queerest thing | make the girl any less desirable or | anything about it at first — but| The Fellow That Stands on S Owing on tthetracial | — I had it in my room just before | attractive as an inamorata, but he | now, I thought T'd bette | % His Head . rderstand.. | dinner. I usually have it about|did feel that he had to kno “Oh, you did!” said Cunningham.| | * SS : growing,” s with me, but — 1 left it upstairs.; That was ane strong differen- “And whose advice made sou feel applne (S | o . | ¢ ‘tfind iti” tion Dbetween Mrs, Prentlss and 2 O Des. BtrE chuckled. “Perhaps and now T can't find it! tiation Dbetween Mrs. Prentiss and |that way about it Pr o i them actually aulr a.y : Toddy Buck hesifated. e knew her ncphew. Mrs. Prentiss, With “Carter's, sir.” | N Cunningham had taken it away, her almost uncanny intuition, knew | Truly, Emma was ingenuous! Rests largely on solving their but he was uncertain whether to | things. Toddy Buck, in his blunder- “Ab, Carter's. And why does she | oldest hygienic pmbl:m this tell that or mot. He concluded to ing but pig-hegded way, believed want Miss Moore brought Into this| g terrupted impatiently. “I've ouly | keep silent on the matter for he things, and — had to fiad out. thing?” new way — true protection; treated him like human leing |had told Cunningham he would not | So, to the rooms of the Co-opera “I don't know, sir. She just ad- discards like tissue All you people have either acted as| interfere with his detective work, |tive Casket Co. he went, feeling | vised me to tell all I know you certainly didn’t strike me | {jough he were a monster or some-| and he felt he p’z\v not at liberty |sure that beyond the great palms| “And have you done so?" ok white tl you skinned JOHN'S CONFESSION not encourage him i : dive “I haven't encouraged him.” T in- Toull find is “I spoke your mame, Mr. Mere- I called to him, as he came ard us. "I was just telling Joan Reddy Barnacies cc B 1ot R Iy g et R e ! t ¥ thing to be done up in cotton wool | to divulge the St e vy dhe’ GuIL 1 f 3 | said this I felt Joan eatch and kept from every hardship in the| Bunny said no more about it,| he would find the man he was | she hasn't.” O be fresh and ch g ) PRphren 1 It is probable that no world.” | though it was plain to be seen it | looking for. “Hello,” Mott took up the query- | day, to live every day unhandi- :‘b'r"’ ”‘““‘ ;i it 3 @ \s life had mentioned Perhapg we have been wrong,” ! worried her. Nor was he disappointed. In a | ing. “Katie hasn't, eh? Well, do capped, to wear sheerest frocks A oA ALeDE 1. Gragwing |PItY to 1 Meredith, and yet It said Mr. Symington, rather sadly With a quictness unusual for her | private room, of which there were | you know what it 18 that Katie| \ithout a second thought, any day, e ! 9 probable that that word “Lut I hope you do not hlame me, {'gay little self, she said good night!several, he found closeted Al Cun- | hasn't told? €an you tell us as anywhere . . . you can now do all, i itselt larger in his con- Miss Dean, for I am very fond of | to Inman and went with Mrs. Pren- | ningham and® Detective Mott in | well as Katie could & hee AT i any word inany John and wouldn't hurt him for the | tiss across the lawn to the house | carnest consultation. “Yes, sir.” Itis called “KOTEX.” Ends the workl next door. CHAPTER XXI Then go ahead.” : SEoT a1 a1ime’ sanitary. an objcet of pity” he' "I found him In a much worse| It was also unusual for Bunny| The two greeted him with grave| *“Why, you see, Katle is engaged | insecurity of the old-ti S easheatl living creatur swered laughingly, “There was a state of mind than you have cver|to pay so little attention to a pre- | and serious faces. to her young man, Jimmy Lomax.| pad. Five times as absor A‘;“ \ perhaps, when I had @ mis- sen him and T suggested and plan- | sentablé and attractive young man,! On a table betwcen them lay an| Well, when they tWo comes home,| Deodorizes,too. And thusends ALL idea that T was, but 1 certain- ned this expedition to further take | ns showed toward Todhunter | ornate and elaborate varity case, | from Katie's evening out, they don't| fear of offending. have. 1y am not now.' him out of himself. Some way, how- | Buck which Buck instantly believed to | always come right in the house.” this moment Mr. Symington. cver. 1 have never thought of his| But Bunpy was not herself.| be Bunny's missing property. “No? What do they do?" NOMAUNDRY _ friend. cwme up bebind him and metfg any women. Tn that respect | Small wonder, considering the! It wes of gold, and to the main| “Well, they — they set8 in the As easily disposed of as a piecd he passed T saw him say some- he scemed ke a man apart. shock she had sustained. | box . re attached various and arbor and — and spoons—like." of tissue. No laundry. No em< n undertone to John, who ' “You must remember, my dear| Once in Mrs. Prentiss’ cheery if | sundry dangling little boxes or| *“Oh, I see. And you wait (il o 1y turned on his - heel and - Miss Dean, that he is lke Adam | old-fashioned living room, Bunny ! phials, all hung by gold chains. | they're through spooning, and kel i o honse when he awakened in the Gabden ' stood, irresolutely, by a table and “Here you are, Mr. Buck,” and then you let _Katlo fn? Youre w[ o 0" S0 innly by saying, rock unde lid yon ey Mr. Merc-of Eden ond found Eve at his shde. | faced the other two, Cunningham plunged at once into al friend, Emma “KOTEX"; you ask for it without ! what hay "1 demanded, 4 You are the first woman, as-virgin Her big blue eyes were appeal- | the matter; “this is Miss Moore's s, sir.” e i X 1 al and wonderful as was our first ing. She looked baby-like and help- | vanity box. I took it from her bed- go on.” hesitancy. | ) detective's secret: and oriental vases of their entresol, “Yes, sir, I have, put Katle — said Gray ave suspeet- | . t those quecr 1i barrassment. You get it at any drug or departd told to do.| "I said to him'something that any mother, before either of our parents | less. {room. Now experts have made ~“Well, you see, that night —| Costs only a few cents. Eight in Presen iscovered that the friend would under the circum- had eateh of the tree.” | But Bunny Moore was not help- | tests and they say that the cos-|last night as ever was, sir, when| 10 better-class women r‘mwifl\' B HCany - top of on hose Barnacles was Y [ told - him to be careful = “T cannot contemplate what effect | less. If she looked so, it was na- metics applied to Mrs. Heath's face | Katie and Jim was settin’ quist| Proves the unnecessary risk of old 3 open. W he was looking at it not go too fast. T don't be ve. it would have on my poor friend if | ture's fault, not her own. | after she was dead, might have!ljke in the arbor, he saw a man ways. time he had passed by scks: what appeared to be feathery little Dean, that you realize what you gave him agy encouragement{ A more wise, candy. sophisti- | been from this hox—' lcome out of the house, leastwise but he had always supposed they legs were thrust out from It and you're doing and I hardly think it's and had him misunderstand it.” caged little piece than Bunny co fight have been!" said Buck.|he come off of the veranda, and K o T e x were o part of the rocks. It hadnt hegan fo move about in the wa- | falr, for you can of course see tha (Copyright, 1028, NEA Service, |scéreely be imagined. quietly. “What does that prove?” he went away." ontéred his head that they were tor “My goodnes exclaimed John is falling in love with you. He Ine.) | But she was troubled. And, 1f, “Only that they were not from “Went away?" No laundry—discard like tissue anything eise. 8o it was that when Reddy isn't like. other men are and I must ——— truth were known, she had reason|the hoxes belonging to Mrs, Hemh{ “Yes, sir, went down the road G.-ywm; said that ghe Barnacles Graywing chuckled. He was get-| warn you to be careful, You mu-v.,‘ Tomorrow: Judy Speaks Out, to ber herself, Thatgso far as we know, |and out of the gate,”