The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 25, 1924, Page 15

FRIDAY, JANUARY Vie ere Arte Bl Trew NEGIN Hen TODAY Sir Charles Abingdon onga Paul Harley, criminal invest to find out why ha under suryeitlan y per SAX ROH MER 1924 BY PU ae OVE le sont @ NCA SERVE. INC tae” | “And then?” *| “Another phono call came ew who It wen for be rk Thad t Known to him, Harley: dines at Chari Neen Abingdon home. 8 "I from his chair in a dying condition out I chang Dr, MeMurdoch pronounces death due to heart-failure, Harley Insist eshil(waiae dna Wd from gir Charles’ bureau ady It wawn't Sidney who took it, I took it. | “You toote whatt" “A paper.” y investizaten the life vf Or Nera de Sst Soaies i Oriental friend of Phil | ‘ Abingdon, daughter of Sir Charies, |Charles’ Ikeya and oporied his bu Polly Jones, riormaid, is question j Peau " ed by Paul 1 There wen 10 ator ‘4 o was NOW GOON WITH THM yromy | Tere waa no sleulings. He was “{t—was in a box, He sald Twas | iy ante ress 7a ek le Sree not to open the box until I put the |it'tne tire time t got a chance” servietto on the table, and that It] " «wnat had he tuld you te de! fad to’ be put by Bir C opiate. “To search thru Sir Charles’ papers } It had to be put there Just before the nna i paar agantd de SOK) bexan.” Fire-Tongue’ im itt We ce _ ae exelaimed Harley, a note of “That night I couldn't see how {| suppressed triumph in his votes, "Go was to be Gone, Benson had lad the | on’ dinner table and Mrs. Howett was Re et ee pottering about, Then, when I Seaaaeeaee HEV ci hese meen thought I had my chance, Sir Charles | ranialy, “or only ono that I could j sat down In the dining room and be gan to read. He was still there and oe I had the box hidden in the hall} stand, all ready, when—Sidney—rang j up.” | q, “Rang you up?” | “Yes, } sald he was my brother. tell him I couldn't do ft.” “est “He sald: ‘You must.’ Sir Charles was in the dining roo and he sald: ‘I'll get him away. I We had arranged It I had IT WAS DAD used the car last night?" “Well, you see, I ran ovel him.'* Cornell Widow. WIFE'S DRESS LITERARY “I say, your Her dress ts a Nd j ten poems and ing Show. “Much a os that, old man; al 4 GIRLS AND PINS money like they used to."' “Your's right. They've nothing pin any more, itt Panther. 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I told him | goes, don’t fail to do what I { “How did your father know you jooks charming, hort story.""—Pass- “Anyhow, girls don’t ask for pin to m. 1 ‘DONT BE ALARMED, MISS ABINGDON,” HE SAID KINDLY. find, I put the bureau straight again } and took this paper to Sidney,” “But you must have remd the pa- per?" “Only a Bit of It. to the word ‘FireTongue,” read any more.” At} . “What was it about—the part you | did read?” “T couldm"t make {t out, sir, Oh, indeed, I'm telling you the truth! It | seemed to me that Fire-‘Tongue was } some sort of mark.” “Mark? ‘ex—a mark Sir Chagies had neon and then again in Lon: | to i i When I came I didn't “In Londom! Wherein London?" “On someone's arm.” “What! ‘Tell me the narme of this person!" “I can't remember, sirt Ob, truly I can't.” “It was not Ormuz Khan?” “Nol I remember, sir. Brinn” “Good Godt" muttered Harley, “Are | you sure | “Quite sure.” - “How often haye you seem Sidney since your dismissal?" “I sw him on the morning I left.” “And then not again until toda: i He ft» a valet toa gentleman who lives im the country." * “What is the name of the place?" ‘I doen't know. Paul Hartey glanced at his watch, crossed the room, and opened the j door. Heturned. “You can go now,” [he sald. “Beat I don't think you will | find Sidney waiting” It wanted only three minutes to | midnight, ame Innes, rather haggard }and anxious-eyed, was pacing Paul Harley's private office when the | Phono bell rung. Eagerly he took | up the recelver. “Hullo! came avolce. “That you, Innes?” Tt was r, Harleyf” cried Innes. “Thank God you are safe! I was growing | desperately ar3:ious!" “lam by mo ments mfe, Innes! 1 arm in one of the fightest corners of my life! Liste ot Weasext If he's | off duty, get Burton, Tell him to bring—" ‘The voice seased, “Hullo\—Mr. Harley!" called Innes, “Mr. Harley!" A faint cry answered him. Ho dis. | tinetly heard the sound of a fall, | Then the other receiver was replaced jon the hook. “Mereiful Hleavens" whispered In- {nes. “What has happened? Where | was he speaking from? What can I | do?” CEHLAPTER XIIT Nicol Brinn Has a Visitor ‘It was close upon noon, but Nicol Brinn had not yet left his cham. ~ From that large window which D¥erlooked Piccadilly he surveyed the prospect with dull, lackluster eyes, ‘There came @ kyock at the door, * said Nicol Brinn, Hoskins, his manservant, entered: “Detective Inspector Wessex would like to see you, sir.” Nicol Brinn did not turn around, |“In.” ho repeater | Silently Hosicins retired, and, fol- lowing a short intervu, ushered inte the room a typical detective officer, a Scotland Yard man of the best type. | Nicol Brinn turned and bowed in the | direction of a Iarge armchair. | “Pray sid down, Inspector said. Detective Inspector Wessex cleared his throat and did not appear to be quite at ease. “Mr. Brinn,”* he sid, "I ann in an awkward corner. I know you fora man with a fine sporting reputation, and therefore I don't doubt your word, But Mr. Paul Harley disap. peared Inst night.” At last Nicol Brinn was moved. Ho stood up, walked toa window, and stared out. “Sust sit quiet a min. ute,” came the toneless voice. ““You'vo hit me harder than you know. I want to think it ou ‘Then, as the detective continued to Jenze unon the back of Mr. Nicol Brinn, suddenty the latter turned, “Detective Inspector Wensex.” he said, "there haw been cloud hanging over my head for seven years. That cloud fy going to burst very soon, and it looks as Sf it were going to do damage.” Nicol Brinn sat down agaim upon he | | | kd And one went into | “This riddie," sald the Riddle} dy with a smile, “is about a most | iar creature, I’m just about tain that nobody will guoss it. Not even Nancy and Nick." “What ta it? shouted everybody. | “T' begin at once,” said the Rid- die Lady, “but if anybody has worn his dunce-cap in mistake for his | thinking-cap, he'd better go. home | |and change it, But there! This is rs | the riddle: “They havo saucy snouts and curly as round as milking | Ana thoy love to | And simply adore a good square | meal. | And like to grunt squeal, and the “They cat sweet and clover | And roll in the mud till they're | plastered over, | And root and dig with molsty nose To find where the julctest turnip grows, apples and corn {““The story say went To town, these brothers, on pleasure bent, | One went to market, one bought roast t j And one got lost and came to griet.| that one day they “And one went to the grocery store, | "tle sald, And bought him a@ alice of butter and bread, And one went Into the barber's sho | And bought him a wig to wear on} top, “And ono was stolen by the Piper's | son Who picked him up and then did) run, And they eay, called Hickory |— |the nettes. “Detective Inspecto said he, “I give you my word of ho jor as a gentleman that I last mw Mr. Paul Harley at ten-fifteen on Wednesday night. Since then, not only hayo I not seen him, but I have received no communication from | him’ ‘Tho keen giance of tho detective} met and challenged the dull giance| of the speaker. “I accept your word, | sir,” said Wessex, finally, and he sighed and scratched his chin in the manner of a man, hopelessly puzzled “To get right down to busines,” said Wessex, “if Mr, Paul Harley did not come here, where, in your idea, | did he go?" Nicol Brinn spoke then in a iow voice. “It has come.” He took a step toward the detective. “Mr, Wi sex,” he continued, “I don’t tell you to do whatever your duty indicates; I Know you will do ft, But in the interest of everybody concerned I have a request to make. 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Have you tried RIDDLE Ws RABBITS IL |mpace and a helght of 18 to 24] TIWO widely different ma of | inches, inside measurement If there management are followed by|in plenty of room in the rabbitry, tt | American rabbit breeders. Under the} ts best to have the hutches separate, first’ wyatom, which «may be called | but to mauve space they are frequently | HAS. hutch management, the nimals are} built in ters, or stacks, of two or nfined in email pens or hutehes|three in height, A single hutch may | and obtain little exerciae, Thin is|be made from a dry goods box by | the more common practice and has|nafling oneinch mesh galvanized (p? Perce papel rp lg lee beer pert oh pd GREEN TEA and probably of producing There are two. general kinds: of fe rapldty |noit-cicaning hutchem, those with sat} AL NOt You have missed a treat. Under tho other system, bbits | Cloora and thore with slanting floors, tre given the freedom of open yards| Slat floors are built of twodnch Th & We ©, COOK, WE ST-4073, EL 1OT-0350, DISTRIBUTORS, or runs, where they obtain abundant | strips of board, spaced half an inch! ee leone and are heltered In small} art Beneath each floor in a gal In the slanting-floor type the floor be used in feeding the rabbits, while jhutches or kennels, Thin method | vantzed tron pan about one inch deep.|is pullt of dressed tongued-and-|the side doors are used for cleaning | promaoted the ire oral health a the|'This ip tance to fit closely to prevent | grooved lumber, running crosswise] or disinfecting the hutch. janimalsy and probably gives a better| upward drafty of air, Attached tolof the hutch, It thas a forward slope Yompound hutches |development ¢ thelr fur It is|the floor of each hu ck de: | ‘ e "I " ; is Form penne -butcies: jo: ia | Nn n iso kk de-|of about one inch to the f A y t anged so as to occupy Jespeciully adapted to the south, | signed to contain hay or gr The ace of about half an inch between little space. By this arrange , |where th is a mild climate thru-|nest box for this hutch may be made|the floor and the side doors allows |ment rabbits may be the barber's shop out the year of an ordinary wooden packing box|refuse from the hutch to roll be-|kept jn feet square, each i Hutches for largo rabbits should|about 12 inches wide, 16 inches long|/neath the doors fall to the|individua ving a floor space dare, |have about 12 square feet of floor and 10 Inches high ground. The end door i» de ned to|two and one-b y flv Beta hitiy, caste kaa aw vt" i Bround. The end door tp designed to|two and one-halt by five feet. in the alr, “F9 = “And one built a fiouse of atraw and hay, ‘The better to kdep the wolf away, And one built @ house of bouglis and sticks! And one made {a house of good, hard brick#. ‘But the wisest ono of all these brothers; Who had moro jsense than others, Was the wine | little stayed at home, sald he wps satisfied roam, all tho follow who And not to what is the name of these lusty scoufa, With tho curly tall and saucy snouts, Who re in wham, And come home \ngain, home aga dancing jigp “Now mud, and buy them “I do think this Is a delicate thing to talk about in| the present com- ny," sald T Piper, blushing v red. “Oh, {t's not ellcater laughed the Ne Lady. “It's quite fat and Has anybody hy They all gre! © t's pigst’ called out every Rid- lo Lander, and every Mother Goose Lander and Nancy and Nick and Humpty Dumpty and Daddy Gan- der, all at once. “Well, I declare” ald the Riddle Lady. “I do believe there isn't a xingle dunce-cap herp tod Isn't that fine! Well, everybody gets u photograph of the Five Little Pigs tak on thelr last |trip to town. ho prize today." (To Be Continued) right, 1924, by Seattle Star) That's th But whatqver happens, | point, | automatic and wherever your susp give me 24 hours.” Wessex. who had been watching speaker intently, suddenty held} ut his hand. “It's @ bet! he said./ It's my case, and I'll conduct it in iny own way.” ne CHAPTER XIV Wessex Gets Busy Innes rose from the chair usually occupied by Paul Harley as Detective [Inspector Weasex, with a very blank face, walked into the office, Detective Inspector Wensex stood beside the Burmese cabinet, restiessly upon its “I am wondering what on earth Induced Mr, Harley to send that par cel of linen to the analyst.” “The result of the analysis may Prove that the chief was not engaged | upon any wild-goose chase.” “By heavens!” Wessex sprang up, hin eyes brightened, and he reached for his hat, “that gives me an idea!” “What in it?" “The message with the parcel was written: upon paper bearing the let- terhead of the late Sir Charles Ab- ingdon. So Mr. Harley evidently made his first call there! I'm off, air! The trail starts from that house!” Leaving Innes seated at the big table with an expression of despair upon his face, Detective Inspector Weanex set out. Arrived at his destination, he asked to neo Miss Abingdon, and was shown by the butler into a charmingly fur- nished little sitting room which w deeply impressed with the personality of its dainty owner. “Don't be alarmed, don,” he aaid, kindly. “My visit does not concern you personally in any way, but I thought perhaps you might be able to help me trace Mr, Paul Harley “Yen, yes. I know whero ho went, quite well. Benson, the butler, told me all about it when I camo in." Phil Abingdon spoke ¢: nd took a step nearer V “He went to call upon Jones, our late par- lormaid.”* “Something to do with a parcel which he sent away from here to the analyst?” (Continued in Our Miss Abing- ext Issue) Pho.s copyright, Harris & Ewing Miss Elizabeth Taylor Adams, debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Adams, will make her bow to Washington society this season, Her dad is chairman of the republican national committee. FATT LE STAR PAGE 15 for Making PIE CRUST] Pie Crust so good that sceptics who “can’t eat pie” ask for a second piece SNOWDRIFT—a pure, rich,cteamy cooking fat—is made by the Wesson Oil people out of oil as good as a fine salad oil. (You need oil that’s go6d to eat to make cooking fat as good as cooking fat can be.) Then Snowdrift is packed in a truly air-tight bucket (air- tight—butaseasy to openas winding theclock) to keep ; it as sweet and fresh as the day it was made—sweetand fresh all.the way down to the bottom of the bucket. 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