The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1924, Page 11

BEGIN ° spend ‘ONY, ne ifth flo t house, » Barry jor, Gordon Ladd. on the second floor wold, an irasc! rth, enter tid of the murder. there's Ww r, diplomacy’. hand on his arm, his hands. unexpected haste. Barry. Barry shrugged. yout” he responded. known to her. fare opportun startled us?"— gamed nobody on ‘un shove tthe attic tavestigate! tave Ridden bimaseif i White whiskers lift he bie. Bow and find that body sand to go "Oh, look!’ cried Chronic coughs You can stop Mulson, an emu inflamed membrane term, Of all kn Recognized by 48 the greate the treatment of ch folds and other to Tang trou the creosote § absorbed The Step on the Stairs By Isabel Re TODAY ort of a revolver, followed Las son the atalrs, evening which interrupt Che #oclal ctive Barry had Da with bis frie in the latte por of a New York apart and r rush down stairs and d hat beautiful Miriam Vano, #0 trait painter has been murdered her studio apartment on the third eldle bachel he studio after being planned to i, Professor 4 room on the Pro: young artiat and Henry Gris- jor from the GO ON WITH TIDE STORY Sergeant Barry shrugged. “When a case of this sort occurs, Uttle © got to get tho dope and get it quick. So you, too, heard that step on the after the shot was fired Professor Semyonoy laid a quick time “We will discuss that Inter, my friend." His keen eyes beneath their | brows rested for a moment on | the crabbed face of Henry Griswold and then drifted to Gordon Ladd, who had once more dropped his head tn “Let us have a little talk | rooms, a8 soon as the Itles have been ch will grant us tem. com Policeman Boyle descended with “That's one of those nutty artistlo dames up there, with hair like a sky | terrier and the nerve of a mouse!’ he confided in a quick undertone to In the shabby, comfortable lving feom once more, the professor low- ered the light and raised the window ‘shades with a sigh of relief, then turned to his younger companion. “What do you make of it all, ser grant? Who do you think killed the ‘Vane woman, and why?” The last part of your question | ‘would explain much, professor, and “probably answer the first part as well, I haven't had time to draw any definite conclusions as yet, have _ Professor Semyonoy sank once more into his own chair and mo- tioned to the one opposite. “Only some obvious minor oni “She was shot by no | savory episode tn the traditions of its stranger, but by someone whose pres-| history, yet {t Is the pride of the nee in her studio at the moment was |family. Perhaps that is the reason Remember she was Why Mrs. Vane has, one might say, wanding or sitting directly before her | maliciously emphasized it, ase! and evidently painting or start-|tralt was to have been that of a ing to paint when the end came. fatroder could have got so close to} Ter, or practically between her and |fact like dogs upon a bone!" the easel, in order to fire directly Into Der heart without her knowledge. It fe possible that she turned to speak fo this person and thus unwit for an unimpeded | aim. I think it is fairly certain that he did not anticipate what was com-| years ago next October, and heaven Ds” {knows how long before that," he re. Barry nodded. sponded. “The yo M ad ‘That seems clear. But about | sr od ore icon Aa oa these footsteps that we both heard the first of May, fiing down the stairs when we open- | neighbor, Just below, took | a . low, possession #4 your door here just after the shot |, year before that after I myself had According t finally t bad} Professor Semyonov smiled and his slight “Lam hot thinking of th ® pretty pickle if she'd co ¥ out of bed at THREE DAYS’ COUGH IS YOUR: DANGER SIGNAL lds lead to rerious m ne pwn drugs, ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS “Ob, I do hope Mother Goose will ‘a lung trout c 1 creozot new medical discovery tid action; it soothes | clates which is not given out general for talrs directly No |Je ngly urely and re-| fore ¢' worm. ‘or do I imagine t Ostrander Wo passed anyono unobserved in ou descent, hurried ax it was, “Who was Miriam Vane? From wheneo did sho come? If the excel. lent organization of which you are a {part should in the next few days |learn anything of Mra, Vane's anto. |cedents or previous history and axso. jly to the press, would it be too great A breach of professional etiquet to put me into strictly confidential pos. session of it “By no means, professor, tn view not only of your standing but of the splendid services you have rendered voluntarily to the homicide bureau in the past," Barry responded, “T shall be grateful,” the professor declared, “I know nothing, absolute. ly nothing more than you and yet I have formed a theory which I should Uke to tot and which I think only Mra, Vano's past will prove or dis- prove,” Sergeant Barry smiled to himself, tho not a muscle of his countenance He jthought that he knew what that |theory, engendered by an almost jehtldish personal animosity, consist Jed of and he was glad to humor the jfoibles of this old man, so great in his own line, “Just what 1s generally known about Mra. Vane, beyond the prom!- neneo her odd style of portraiture has brought her lately? he asked. “I know only what I havo seen casually in the papers about her and what Mrs. McGrath, entirely without encouragement, has volunteered,” re- plied the professor, “Mra, Vane ar- rived last October from France, I be leve. It was some two months lator that her vogue began and spread like wildfire, so that by spring she was quite famous," “There can be no doubt of her |strange, whimsical talent,” Barry ré- |marked. “That unfinished portrait before which she les dead, for In- | stance; {t is as unmistakably recog: nized as a photograph. I fancy Mr. |Theodore Vansittart would give something to have his wife's picture jremoved before the notoriety of to- morrow," Proteasor Semyonoy nodded slowly, “You observed the most prominent thing in the portrait, did you not?" he asked. “The Vansittart emerald? It figured in more than one un- | betrayed his Inward amusement. The por. el, not @ Indy.” “And the critics will fall upon that laughed and then hi: “How long have the o' been in the house, face sobered her ten Professor Semy thin, little creature tn the at tle studio was here when I came, two Barry | Many of the flies with wh streams are tied by a woman, ald, Scots lassi | ly to Barry. “I don't know why tho} chief assigned me to this job when | were already on the ground, John, but orders are orders and I'll be thankful for a little unofficial co- operatic you “I've got to interview the other ltenants of the house,” said Crag “Are there any pointers you could give me first? pu haven't seen them?’ ‘0. I read the statements they | made to the precinct dicks and then came straight for you. They're each | | moved in only three months ago, on and my morose | been here six or seven months, The up, my friend, not down,” | aod fenteotes Janitor, or superintendent, looks as # “Up? repeated Barry. the stairs, there tte only two other apartments | below you, and the wom-| ful but authoritative knock upon his | }tho he might have been the furnace “Why, we|man for the original householders | th and | and hi name I believe to be Kedge.” As he spoke there came a respect 0 | door and he aro with a sigh and ‘Otiicer Boyiethe woman went into | waddled over to admit a long-armed,| or down the fire escape withou! Dysteries whes sho heard the news,|wiry young man whose blue eyes|sccing them." aod you know yourself how you had | were Yo poand gpon Griswold’s door to| ‘arouse him and how 1+ Tnctantly he came dow There did be anywhere in the hallway. a lighted an it was, where anyone could | geaint Craig, from the homicide bu-| the s keen as Barry's own. “Flello, Craig?’ the latter cried be- her of the others could speak. 0 | "Did the chief send you over from ot seem to|headquarters to take charge of the | ike y|case? Mr. Semyonov, this ts Ser jreau.”* “I guess we all know what Profes. or Semyonov has done for us mes past."” The neweomer laughed he shook hands, then turned f, t a Away went Nancy and Nick and res of darkness. Daddy Gander on the magic dust- i a light mov Do you an to hunt for the pies and cakes s'poso that’s Jack Heart? And ice cream that had been stolen fer peered over the from Jack and Jill's party. er airplane “Yes ‘The magic dust pan had grown be,” he exclaimed. as big as a magic carpet and the list! And he said three of them were quite comfort- to: the dusk 1 immediately and And they landed right benide the 4 Woman's Shoe. The patch door as open and somebody was Inside cautiously, the three of ed in, and who, my ¢ a was there? Mister s rus xt he ry Old Woma of to keep her chil ? And ff she en I ever to drop am ves” I don’t wh whet a got out of his t But rometh 1 “Ochoo! Oct Afi Be Continued) 4, T e tle St in| k.| in their own apartments with a guard jon each landing and two on tho street | |below, one at the entrance door and | Jone where th escape comes | down outside the studios, by that va- cant strip of land. There's no other }way any of thom can get out, for Boyle and the other two went over roof thoroly,” Cratg replied. Job all right tside tho h v t d the shot fired and | body could have come out of the door of | toc Boy n° hin | “What did the medical examier| |say?! rry asked after a pause, in) always | report | Jer you know he's tous un much; Jam until he gets hi 4 he has still] the other re-| bullet m | | jst it wag fired fron for th s on the bx a fr od and to agreed with gether they de | wotd’s door wt past police n saluted th m behin | came a defiant series of |anores. On the landing below an. other offi 1 on guard, b the r sw on its hinges, the |# emoved and the lur een ex door & behind h nd ft would have locked of itself. I its 1 in the 1 Aragt t him (Continued in Our Next Issue.) STOMACH UPSET GAS, HEARTBURN INDIGESTION! aan Chew a few Pleasant Tablets. Instant Stomach Relief! rn Adver THE SHATTLE STAR FIRST AID TO ANGLERS Favor Dr. Jordan for Pension Board Recommendation that Dr, Arthur Jordan be appointed as atmember of the Seattle board of pension examin ors was mado at Washington, D. ©. day by Washington Senators @, C, Dill and Wesley L. Jones and Representative John Miller, ac cording to a dinpateh Dr Jordan | has been indorsed by the Beattle O A auc on are Dew, Holmes, It, And Spauish War veterans to} sod. tho late Dr, Daniel Buekley | board. The other membs Frank M. Carroll and C, A wisps of io day at ina far as she bent ov minute feather and floss, that # would be famed for her wor away olty of the new world Flymaking in the British Isles, ts a dig buninows, and it in claimed the| with scissors, Isabel McDonald t US; REMAINED Isabel McDonald camo out to Can- ada the year of the war, at the request of one’ of the large sporting g00ds houses, to supply thelr trade without the necessity of importing | files from the old country, Later she | Visited Seattlo—and remained, Work- ing for several yearn here with a local firm, she finally decided to go in for herself, and is now supplying the trade in surrounding cities as ich Seattle anglers whip the} Here she is—Isabel McDon- Seattle Woman’s Flies Lure Many Fish This ts the 19th of a series of stories in The Star about Seattle women who have made good in the business and professional world. BY G. LUCILLE “I, MoDon mh simple le + BUTLER maker,” is the door at 211 . at her tiny an who Seneca st., work bench alts painstakingly learn n “Ed! fown,” he a her art ara bero’ Uttle drean Be m and Vigor of Youth Once More New Invigorater—Extract of “Ffri- can Bark” Said to Fulfill Proph- ecy of Noted Scientist— Pleasant Tablet Form, Looking into the future, a noted American Scientist rec advanced tho remark that “A study of th will reagent,” whi the human or score-years-and-ten- phyal cal vigor, t wer—more im portant to which bles | meg (and women, too) to work longer hours a after they h en, a Kan. iat who made many a fly to snare trout from) tastance, these tiny black a: Aad A 6, these tiny black and w Bonnie Scotland’s burns ere she located in Seattle. 1 prime well as doing a nice little retail bust | ness locally, Every fly she sclis is |made by her dextrous fingers, and the Ix busy now making her stock for tho coming season. tish burr on her words—"altho the} verra. small ones are har-rd to | handle,” VISITED HERE; LIKED Pata ong BY J. PB BABCOCK Spadina hgh mh NO. 12—DRAW HANDS AND ERAL RULES N play either with or without the the wall is divided into live and dead, ‘ho lat of the last 14 tiles, in 0 tiles, two portions ter joluding to woanons, conpinty ‘Tho deadline, or line between these | two portions, will move as loose tiles a awn and new ones substituted Scots excel in thid particular line by | for them, reason of the fuct that ther are no} big flymaking factories there, each | specimen belng hand tier and turned out by specialists, ‘The Bnglish use a vine to hold the fly, but the Scotch | handstied fly is the standard of the world, commands the highest pion | and indeed, your ardent and dincrim: | inating sportsman will likely use no other, Working rapidly tweezers and glu chatted ax she put the finishing touches. to a “Royal Conchman,"' probably the most popular all around artificial fly made, “Yes, it ts clone work,” piid she, answering my ques tions—"but no more so than embro ery or crochet," with the soft Sc When drawing reaches the dead- line, the band is declared a draw, no scores count, a new wall is built and 4, and Kast remains Kast for at least another hand, open Thd game becomes a draw when the fiteonth from last tile has been ono un pung for Mah Jongg. I will now give you certain gen- jeral.rules which you will find handy to know in case of discussion. | if on the | draws tiles out of turn, any player 0 lemand a new shuffle upon the er ‘ed. If no one |dook no, play proceeds as usual, |HAND SHOULD BE BEE CONCEALED During play if any tile from the j wall or from a@ und is exposed, it is replaced without penalty. ‘There is no penalty for miscalling }a discard, Thus it is wisdom to 4 discard betore calling a pung or a chow as otherwise you are redress should you expose your hand thus needlessly being -discoy | No penalty attaches to misclatm- ing Mah Jongg, #0 again it is best to keep your hand concealed until YOU Ket to nee the Mah Jongg hand. A reasohable amount of prompt- news in punging and chowing is ex- pected, but a player iy within his rights in claiming pung or chow joven after the player at the right of jdrawn and a discard made and no) original draw anyone | without and, Authoriti utho Boo o Nhe | If a player pungs or chows to an Incorrect combination, he 1s allowed to correct the error at any time |prior to his next draw if the corree: within hig own jhand. Any correction that cannot be made within his own hand must be made prior to the next player's |discard, If corrections are not made in accordance with the above, the hond ts dead, A dead hand ‘s one which con- tains erroneous combinations on the |board, or a wrong number of tiles. ‘The dead hand finishes the play, and pune or chow. But ft scores tion can be n ean Soothes disinfects heals | _ Not merely on the surface but underneath, where PAGE 11 nothing and must pay each other player the total of his score, with |double stakes to Hast, If ast ts |the dend hand he pays double to all, A player who draws from wall cannot pung or chow @ discarded pleco, even tho he erroneously drew from the wall prior to such discard, MUST DECLARE FOURS AT ONCE It is not necessary that sete of fours, the fourth of which was drawn from the wall, be declared |immediately. Up to the drawing of "the last live tile, a player may declare {a set of fours whenever ft 1s his turn |to play. After the last live tile is \drawn, fours still held in the hand {score only as threes, When a player draws the tile which completes his hand for Mah Jongg, he must not mix it with con- cealed tiles, but lay it face upward on the table, Penalty for failing to do #0 1s forfeiture of points depend- |ing upon this plece (completing hand by filling only possible place, no score lother than game permanent relief is found DO NOT expect ordinary surfaceremediestoremovea | rash, eczema or itching skin | disorder. Not on the out- side, but deep down in the under layers of the skin is athers? I get wild duck fenth-|the discarder has drawn from the| ors from local sportsmen who bring| wall and looked at the tile, Bu thereal sourceofthetrouble. |them to me, then some 1 import|pung or chow {s not permissible Pores clogged with poi- from New ¥ but there are mar Ta player hag discarded, called sonous germs, bodycells atid Mitscan only be purchased direct, Mah Jongg or drawn a loose tile. | tronP 1. ndon, from people who make ro is no penalty for calling a| tissues swollen and inflamed itm business to collect them, For|pung or chow and then refusing —these are what must be yung or chow and then refusing to| ite| Sung or chow the piece. | soothed back to nomnal be- feath ur oO ) © India, called fhe a ox x th t| Cases COS NG ee een serea ea peep dee © are used in some files, among them|"tciaimed skin dlordes wil Cappests the ‘Jock Scott? just the tiniest bit| PUNGED OR CHOWED Yet there is a way that jof the black and white combination, | TILE MUST BE EXPOSED | brings almost immediate re- |you neo, but it appears to be som A chowed pleco can) lief—a way that to the | thifg enticing to the wily trout of | neve in the eer real source of the trouble. yu ukes and strea Nothing but | band. Sense Once twin ook er gy one SERRE To cleanse the pores, kill LARGE FLY IS | 4 me | germs, and start the skin | WORTH THE MON |Radio Conflict to again acting normally, phy- t | | i} A fow dyed feathers are used oc | sicians have for twenty- jcastonally, but they don’t atand up ih water, according to the fiymaker| “The department of commerce 1s| lady. The } t fly made by her} anxious to interference with | |i tho “Lake Crescent Lure,” a 2%-| ahc io ‘and will seek al |inch Iridescent beauty, which sells| change of sch for ships’ position | | for $2.50, and, judging by the time|y ¢ efficient | |and material put tnto it, 4s well worth the expenditure. sages," declared O. R. Redfern, su- | It painstaking bustneas, but] pervisor of radio for the Seventh dis fascinating withal, and Isabel Mo-| trict. 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