New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1927, Page 10

Love’s Embers Adele Garrison's Absor ing Sequel to “Revelations of a Wife” Beginning a New Serial Guessing at the Riddle of Miss Lincoln’s 1dentity 1t experience counts for anything, I should be thoroughly inurcd to Dicky's odd behavior wienever his eyes light upon a young woman in whose face or fizure he beauty and the grace of e needs for som the momen v is completely his stu her. One would i that such frank, unabash re s line which alwiys recipic s 1 ne resent i generally got in him But I Faeh tim tive, apy come into some unust , there fierd 1 of an artis that visi is ¢ vises ing. Vainly 1 remin am the wifs ricd him with to his temperament —and that I have at the inter which he oc 1 introduce him to so “type” of femininit am as absurdly angry schoolgirl might be i “sweetie” frankly other girl. Dicky's eves of Eleanor 1. new neighbor, brousht emotion besides the rancor which swept saw him studying her with terested speculation so me. I felt, a wondering horror should be capable of jealousy my love for my hushand was nearly dead. Jealousy may cusable when it is horn of an sorbing though sclfish love: jealousy whose only mother is v ity, is a detestable thing, indecd. Was T capable of that dog-in-man- ger attituda? T asked myself, or— wwas it possible that my love for my Twsband, despite the almost unpar- donable sin he had committed against our mutual faith, was not all ashes, that there still remained rlowing embers capable of being fanned into flame again? *1 But T had no time for that ab- sorbing occupation known as drag\ &ing out your soul and going over | 4t with a microscope. Miss Lincoln | ‘was speaking to Nocl Veritzen wit Ty open foibles to cavil o 1ty onally ¢ us : pronoun that 1 find ring some absoried 1 rcoln, onr m ove be ex- an abruptness which focused attention of all of us upon her. Did 1 understand your name be Veritzen asked He howed with the touch of the- Ol1 World formality birthright from his S8 the to * she his ig famous me,” he hosi his rez us of his name from one an- ey from told the 1 of cign at him with wion in nuouy which Ivety ashioned she said, <he spo ion, comment T never en much in my life.” 1 o ik wonderful, zen's s Ve would f he have been > from almost awk- he said hueriedly. liked it When were b sure the fresh rom the seen that Mary W acquain- very ad missed tail of the stra r's frank in- in Noel Veritzen, There was a glint in he reyes which told o that in the f ushion of the voung moderns, she would wage open warfare for the possession of voung Noel Veritzen's attention, even though T was sure she was in no sense of word “in love” with Her voice and manner subtly took possession of the young man, ran up a signal “Hands off,” pe feetly understandable to any player of t L0t game in the world. “I am T have seen you ore, c think wh Was T mi of alarm which trous depths of Llack eyes? thinkin same young corner. teh our clos P 1 ancient positive but 1 L n, or was.it a loa 1 saw in the Iu Eleanor Lincoln's Newspaper rvice, Inc. Copyrighy, 1927, I Spotcoat the Leopard By Thornton W. Burgess It sometimes scems that folk fated To quarrel just because related. —Old Mother Nature are Curiosity and fright had posses- | sion of Peter Rabbit. You will re member that he was right in front | of the cage of Simba the Lion when the latter opencd his great mouth and roared. Peter just fell right over with fright. Yes, sir. he did so. Hc couldn’t have run then to save his | life. But by the time he had begun to recover a little Simba was pur- ring. “Don’t let a little noise scare | you, Longears,” said he. oise never yet hurt any one.” | At this Peter felt better. He was atill greatly frightencd. He still shaking more or less. He knew that the sensible thing was fo get out of that circus tent and straight back to the dear ald Briar-patch. Tiut curlosity tied him therc. Yes, sir. curlosity tied him there just as surely as the chain on the log orJ My Lord the Elephant tled him. | “Have you seen Spotcoat i inquired Simba. Peter's long | pricked up. | “Who is Spotcoat?” asked Peter. | “Oh, just another member of the Wmily,” replied Simba carclessi f “He i rather a handsome feliow. | He is over in that cage vonder. | ‘What are you staring at me 50| hard for?” “I was wondering if elimb a tree.” said Peter. at people that I know ot ea you could ALl the | can climb | who | no de- , now you know ean't climb a tree and sire to climb a tree,” replied “And Striped Coat over 1s another. The ground is good enough | for us,” one there | there, “Who is Spotcoat?” asked Peter the trectops for people Then, 100, a branch of a is a very handy place from v to drop on some one heneath. 1t is very handy to be able to elimb trees. T certainly should like to climb one once mor. (Copyright, 1927, hy who sieep T.W. Burgess) The next story mouth.” s Dig- Menas for the Family By Brealkfast am, SISTER MARY — California crisp rye (oast, milk, coffec I Mineed nests, buttered aspa berry whip, crisp cooki Di Clear Kers, ut st ssing, new Thousind cherries, pea- lamb in us, o soup. crac th non meringuc Tsland Minced Lamb in Nests which s | with- | had not enjoyed | 1 have | straw- toasted s with NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1927 1 [ HAS GONE BEFORE ikes Garrett Folsom bathing at Occan Town, N. J. After heing perfunctorily examined by a docior, the body is brought to the Hotel Maju where an in- quiry is started. Folsom'’s bathing companions had {been Roger Neville, Mrs, Helen Barnuby, and Carmelita Valdon. It ished that Folsom, just be- death, had been standing Ned Larron, known as the is est his | rore nest | copper k Then made the startling announcement is that Folsom had becn | stabbed to death in the water. Ro: { his valet, is questioned, as are Bar- lr(m and his wife, but no light is myster. Folsom, | shed on the Anastasin masterful sister of the dead arrives and takes command. inquest it is cstablished that the h weapon was a pichag, an | Oricntal knife, and that it and its cabbard had heen purchased on he bhoardwalk. melita Valdon, the other side of Folsom time of his death, is unable to de- scribe his actions at the time, and the coroncr seems suspicious. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY | CHAF XVIIL “I did,” said Carmelita, “but to | stand next to a person on dry land is onc thing. And in the rolling, tumbling surf is quite another thing. I was entircly occupied with the ivlmuull\ of keeping on my feet | against the onrush of the waves, to | notice or think about anyone els There was u big wave rolling in, A after it had passed, 1 noticed that Mr. Folsom had disappeared. | But 1 gave it no assuming—insofar as I noticed at all—that he had been swept off his feet and would right himself in a moment.” 1 then, man, | i | At the what did you see ien 1 saw the life guards com- g our wuy. But even then I didn't think of their being after any one of our own party until T saw them dive or stoop down and come with Mr. Folsom “The two men “That 1 don't know—if did they both carry Mr. Folsom. have only a confused memory somebody the water and hearing a few stifled screams from women nearby.” “And then, Mrs. Valdon?" “Then T saw Mr. Neville coming our way and he told us to come on out of the water. I asked him what ailed Mr. Tolsom, but he didn't ye- ply. He was helping Mrs. Barnaby along, and he turned to ask if T was all right. T said yes, and then we all went out on the heach and found a great crowd gathered. Neville told us Mr. Folsom had had a stroke or something and for us all to go to our hathhouses and So we did, and when T was d and out again, they had aken Mr. Folsom up to the hotel, and Mr. Neville told us to come along, 100. “Thank you, Mrs. Valdon, for a clear, straightforward account of the scene. Now, Mr, Barro Ned Barron went forward with visible reluctance. “You stood next Mr. Folsom at the rope?” Hubbard asked him. “Yes, next to him." “You knew him?" “I had never seen him before to my knowledge. T am told he ar- rived at our hotel the night before in their arms.” you mean 1 of no idea who he wa “You talked with him 2" “He addressed a few observations to me, which T naturally answered, hut T made no further conversation with him.” “WI about ? “To the effect been in Ocean vears suits had changed in that time. And that’s about all T can remember of his chatter.” “And soon after under the water?" “Yes, but at that time T was turned in the other direction and T did not see him fall.” “Thank you, all.” Jepson, the detective, had re- ned from his errand to the shop of the auctioneer, with some de- were his obscrvations that he had not Town for some that he went .| of buyers was always made a mat- ccentric and | who stood on | at the | second thought, | up | sing Mr. Folsom from | wr. | but T had not noticed him, and had | That the fashion in bathing | Mr. Barron, that is | tails of the sale of curios that took | place on Thursday evening. He responded to the coroner's in- | quiries by saying that the proprie- | tor of the place had been most will- ing and anxious to be of assistance in the matter, but that his informa- tion had been of little real value. | | “Could you find out if this dag- | ger was sold that evenlng?” “Yes, it was, but it was not pos- sible to learn who bought it | Everard Meeker asked to be al- lowed to interrupt and stated that |as a frequenter of auction rooms, | he ‘was sure the name and address | ter of record. “Mr. Hirseh,” Jepson responded, “for that is the name of the man who owns the business, tell me that it is customary in large and im- | portant sales to note the names of | the buyers. But he says that the sales conducted in his establishment | {are often of goods of slight value, | and that fully half of the items sold | are’ merely paid for at the moment and the purchasers carry them off.” “But the sale Thursday night in- cluded many really valuable curios.” Mecker insisted, “and the prices in | many instances ran fairly high.” “¥e Jepson agreed, “that true. Rut it scems this—what do you call it —? pichaq, is not of great value and was among the last 1o be sold, and it is not certain that | the address of the huyer was noted.” | “Not certain!” cried Miss Fol- som, who was devouring with her |eyes the police detective. “Then it | may be they have his address?” i is possible, they told me. You see. T didn't have the dagger with | me, and though T thought I recog- nized it on the list they showed me, vet T comld not be positive. It seems the rare pieces were sold | first, and after that-the lesser valu- ed ones were put up. Sometimes fn | lots of more than one article.” “Yos” said Meeker, nodding his| head. “T stayed myself until all the | worthwhile stuft' had been put up, s you went directly to the Majusaca, Mr. Sears?” said Hub- bard, who showed no tracc of s¥s- picion in glance or manner, but whose tone was a little curt. “Very shortly,” Croydon Sears satd, his face flushing with annoy- anoe. “I took a turn or two up and down the boardwalk, watch- ing the crowds, and then I went to the hotel and straight up to my your purchases with them to be sent to Mr. Meeker leaving he next day—as You aidwt return to the auc- | tion room?”" “I most certainly did not!! You visited any other shops® No—no other shops. But there was a decided hesita- tion of speech, aud more than one face turned curiously on. Croydon Scars as he made his denfal. The coroner said no more, and as a glance at Miss Folsom showed | no desire on her part to have this | witness examined further, Scars was dismissed. But though his calm demeanor seemed to be unruffled, one there, who knew him well, realized only too well that underneath the calm there was a scething tumult, CHAPTER XIX Robin Sears adored his and he knew every expression of that well-loved face, every telltale motion or gesture of that familiar personality, and he saw that for rome reason or another his dad was very much upset. “What the dickens ails him?"” Young Robin put the question to himself, *“Surely he 't going to get mixed up in that auction busi- ness, if that nice Meeker person right there with him all the time, Coroner Hubbard procceded with his questioning, and though he called on everybody he could hear father, and as the cheaper junk came along, !T went home. The itema I had| | Lought were sent to me next morn- | ing.” | “Do yo¥ notice anybody here, Mr. | | Meeker,” the coroner inquired, “who | | was also at that auction on Thurs- | | day might?” | “Oh, yes, I.see several men fn! this room who Tere present | there.” | The coroner | dience. “Will who was at rise?” he said. Two or three men straggled to their feet, but it was with obvious reluctance. “Don’t hesitate to acknowledge our presence there,” Hubbard ad- vised. “To have been at an auction ale in no way invites suspicion. In fact, only the withholding of the information can be questionable procedure.” Whereupon several more men arose, and among them was Croy- don Sears. Inquiry proved that none of | these men had bought Oriental| weapons except Sears, and he had, he stated, bought two daggers, one a Japanese Mara Kiri and the other a Malay Kris of the scventeenth century. “Where are these weapons now?” asked Hubbard, and Croydon Sears informed him that they were in his room at the hotel. “Why did you buy them?" “To add to my collection of an- |tique weapons. T own about thirty | or forty such. and it is one of my | hobbies to collect them at any op- portunity. | “Yes” corroborated Meeker, “T sat next this gentleman at the aue. | tion sale and we were both greatly | interested in the collection that was | being dispersed.” | “You are acquaintances, then?" “We had not been so previously,' | Mr. Meeker smiled, “but a similar | taste in collecting is a great help toward friendship, and we chatted as easily as old friends ahout the weapons shown.” | “And neither of vyou stayed un- | til the less desirable numbers were | put up for sale?” “No,” Mecker said, “we loft the | Place together. We parted just oute de, for Mr. Sears said he was re- | turning to his hotel, while T had an lerrand further along the board- turned to the au- anybody In this room, that auction, pleas of or learn of who might be of any use, he discovered practically noth- ing of importanc Nothing that would offer a direction in which to look for the murderer of Garrett Folsom. He had no wish to adjourn the inquest, for he thought it more than doubtful if any further evi- dence ever came to light. He sure that the murderer had laid hi plans -too well and covered his tracks too carefully to leave any clue that a detective might take hold upon. So he tumed the case over to the jury, and they made ghort work of thelr decision. Their verdict was Folsom was wilfully murdered by an unknown hand., and that the weapon used was probably the an- tique dagger that had heen found | in the ocean after the crime had Dbeen committed. No one was surprised at this ver- dict, for no one had expected any- thing different. Anastasia Folsom seemed in no way disturbed or disappointed, and her first remark, as the audience filed out, was to the effect that now they could get at the real work. “First,” she said, turning to the detective, Jepson, “first T shall ar- range for my brother's funeral.” “You—you will take him to Chicago?” ho asked, not at all un- willing to sce the last of this un- comfortable woman. “By no mecans. T expect my nephew tonight or tomorrow. Then we shall have a small and informal service in the funeral chapel here. | My brother’'s remains will be sent to Chicago, but I stay here until T have either discovered the criminal or until T have concluded that I cannot accomplish that end.” “Yes, ma'am,” Jepson acquiesced. Miss Anastasia Folsom was as good as her word. She at once set about investigating the mystery of her brother's death and she chose her own manner of procedure. Her first step was to demand an interview with Manager Pelham, of the hotel. She aummoned him to her apart- ment, which w: of course, the suite her brother had occupied. “Mr. Pelham,” she began in her domineering way, “vou are in du | bound to help me in any way you can in the work T am now under- taking. T propose to discover and bring to justice the man who killed my brother, and T am assuming that you will lend me all possible as- sistance, “Miss Folsom,” the manager he- gan, and some sort of clairvoyance told her what he was about to say. “There’s no use telling me,” she sald sharply, at you prefer to that Garrett pn an investigation; that your guests object to hearing the subject men- tioned, and all that. T am here and here to stay, until T have solved the problem or feel obliged to give it | hush it all up. That it is not good | for your hotel business to keep up | the police have done all they can in this matter?” But Pelham was getting on Ms] suave dignity returned. “Without doubt, Miss Folsom. What more could they do?” What more?" she fairly snorted. “Why, they haven't done anything yet! And I know why. Because | somebody has headed them off. Has | advised them to drop the matter—" | “You are making definite accusa- | tion?" he asked, calmly. “Or do you | merely mean that, looking at their | work supe it seems that to you? Oh, well, put it that way, if you id, after a glance of | close scrutiny. “I'm not libeling any- | body, if that's what you mean. But 1 propose to do the work that it | serms to me the police have left | undone. To make the investigation that they certainly have not made. I hope, to attain results that | have made no effort Mr. Pelham, T am saying all this to you because T want to enlist, if not vour help, at least vour undersianding of my position and of my purpose.” “I do understand. Miss Folsom, and T assure you that you may count on me to do all T ean to assist you. And T make bold to ask that you keep vour work and its results as quiet as you can, and avoid all unn: ry publicity And Miss Folsom, having at- tained her ends, promised to grant this not unreasonahle request. After the departure of the man- ager she sent a message to Titus Riges and asked him to favor her with a call. Somewhat to her surprise, Riges | me immediately, and expressed self as glad to be of service if | ihle. ell. you see. Mr. Riggs” \iss Folsom began, “I want a detective.” “But, dear lady, T am not a de- Ve “You can be one. You have all| the requircments, and it doesn’t need a special course of stud® to | take up the business. “You mean for me to make a | business of it?” ! certainly do, and it will pay | vou hetter than the business you | are already engaged in.” Tite Rigzs stared. His manners, usually correct and proper, gave way before this a tonishing woman, who said aston- ishing things | “You know my business, then?" “Cortainly, you are an architect —but not a very prominent one.” “True enough. And you offer— “I offer you a chance to make money surely, and fame, perhaps. it you will accept my proposition “Which is?” “That you and bring to punishment the derer of my brother.” “And_why do you do this>” “Don’t he silly. Twve heard you talk, and that's all T need to un- derstand anybody. Now, if vou agree, T will give you whatever salary you demand, within rea- son—"" “Your reason or mine?" Miss Folsom looked at moment, and then said, calm; “Yours.” ry well. T accept for as long vyou are satisfied with my serv- ices. You are to be free to dis- thi n of i vic So. th th thi in lic (ttain. th st vo m ch he 1h 67 as for | th an pr is in th th is help me to discover mur- think I can him a | | Dir sud miss me whene detective, fect again, diplomatically, and his | parently bury of the Mord Towest tors mothers An unusual grosgrain, Miss Louise Louthan after the birth of the child also died before the end of the first { year. Infants whose mothers were { known to have tuberculosis had a | mortality of two and one-half times | that among other infants, and over onc-third of the babies born to mothers who were reported to have | had convulsions as a complication of pregnancy died during the first year of life, ¥ The interval since a preceding birth is an important factor in in- fant mortality, since it has been found that the mortality is much higher when the space between the BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEI | birth of infants is less thin two tor Journal of the American | YeArs: A lack of proper spacing of Medical Association and of Hy. | Dirths appears to affect unquestion- gela, the Health Magazine, | APy the infant mortality rate. During the period 1915-1921,| Babies Who were born prem: ere were regular decrcases in the | (Urely were found - to have a mo umber of infants under one year | {AItY six times as high as that of age dying in the United States, | Yables born when duc. Almost halt rticularly as compared with pre- | Of these bables died during the f gl | month. The death rate 'for twin According to Dr. R. M. Wood- | and triplets is nearly three and one- L. §. Children’s Bureau, | Bl times that of children bLorn o explanation is to be found in | SMEIY movement for the protection of © health of the babies as well as the movement for general pub- | health protection and sanitation. and more agencies such as | osc of the government, of the tes and of the cities, well as lunteer agencies, are educating others In the essential facts of ila care. | However, much more remains to | done. For instance, the rate for e United States for 1921 was 78.- | Aeaths in each 1,000 infants born | contrasted with a rate of 47.82 | r New Zealand, the place with the infant mortality of any in worlil. It has been found that the health d physical vitality of the mother | cvious to the birth of the child | one of the most important fac- ver you wish.' (To Be Continued) Can Titus Riggs, as an amateur solve the mystery? Ap- s Folsom thinks he can. 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Spoteo onped and down at 1 on pl trecs?” “T don’t," wish T did for me to feel good 1o tree and run think of should like hetter from one tres eoat sighed h Peter understood Mr. Leopard.” said meant to ask was Tome climh fre Spotcoat the T.oojrd more. “They climh ticas” gaid he, “because they find o sreat deal of €o0d ia the treetops. They hunt in, ahout Spotcoat?”" Peter | up. It you make any difficulty for me, or in any way hinder my pro- gress, T shall accuse you of obstruct- ing the processes of the law, and you may find yourself in serious trouble. T also expect the assistance of your hotel detective, Mr. Dixon, and what is more, T expect him to work under my supervision and | obey my directions.” “I understand, Miss Folsom, and while I see your position and sym- | pathize with your endeavor, T hope and trust you can achieve your pur- pose speedily, for, you rightly assumed, it i3 not at all pleasant for my guests fo have this fnvesti- gatlon going on.” “They need know I don't propose to shout from the | housetops the progress that 1 mak I shall observe proper . dvcorum, reey, but T am telling you in order that you may not | raise objections should 1 find it | nocessary to question certain of | your emiployes or even yvour guests, Petham sighed. 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