The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1919, Page 15

| "5 eae dd Pada ie eet Si | A Girl Is Thrown From the Window | of an Apartment House, and McCarty, a One-Time Policeman, Unravels the 'Many Threads of the Mystery (Copyright, 1917, by W. 3. Watt & Co.) CHAPTER L SOLITARY figure strolled aimlessly down the Drive. Heavy-set without béing bulky, broad of shoulders and curiously long of urm, be swung along with a rhythmic, measured tread, the glow of bis cigur revealing a square-Jawed face, the long upper lip adorned with a stubby, sandy mustache, and keen, twinkling blue eyes, which mechanically roved over entrance ways and areas as he passed. e A second figure had halted beneath the street lamp on the corner, and catching sight of the familiar blue coat and brass buttons, he quickened hla pace, but still retaining the swinging stride which was @ relic of the years when he, too, had followed his beat. Timothy McCarty’s promotion on the foree, from policoman to rounds- Than, had been rapid, and the stripes of a sergeant were within reach When the death of a prosperous, saicon-keeping uncle had made him finan- Sally independent. In the first Mush of opulence be resigned from the idiepartment, but the life of elegant leisure looked forward to with such satisfaction had proved empty and monotonous, und time dragged. Al- “though a private citizen for several years now, he still yearned for the "ld excitement and glory of the chase, and treasured the long-past asso- ations, + ° “A hot night, Cunliffe.” “Tt js that, Mac!” the policeman re- Bonded. *'“Anything doing?” “Divil a thing!” Cunliffe eased a forefinger between his collar and per- Spiring throat. ‘Drop in at the station and have a look ut the blotter, and you'll find it 94 clean as the palm of your hand. Sure, a cripple could keep order in the Whole ward.” A pause, “Well, Con- bers is waiting to relieve me; I'll be after. moving on.” .Hé saluted and tramped off, and ‘Wccurty sauntered on around the cor- ‘or in the direction from which the other had come. The side street was brighter than the Drive, for glowing lamps shone out from the entrances of the apartment houses which flanked it. Cunliffe’s “drunk” had disappeared, But the street was not quite deserted, Im the shadows on the opposite side, , foward. the farther corner, two indis- *Sinot figures loitered, and near thom at the curb stood # huge, tightly elosed Limousine. “Ia it the air they are afraid of, pn @ night like this?” mused McCarty. He walked on leisurely, his eyes up- on the enigmatic vehicle until he nad wll but reached the end of the biock, when that happened which drove all ‘dle speculation from his mind. ‘There was a sharp, choking cry from somewhere overhead, and a swift. rush of air as something hur- Ued down and fell with a hideous prashing impact on the pavement at his feet. ' “Glory be to God!" The exclama- on burst from MeCarty‘s lips as he involuntarily recoiled, thea recov- hg Uimself, sprang forward A stealthy speed, drawn down. Ho was aware, too, that a piano was playing riotously somewhere above, and even as ho looked, the shade flew violently up on the third floor, the window opened, and & woman appoared, screaming. In reality scarce a .ull minute had passed since the catastrophe, but the shock of it had dulled McCarty’s usually hair-triggered presence of mind. The shrill cry overhead aroused him, and he beat a rapid tattoo upon the pavement with his cane in lieu of a nightstick, theo glanced about for assistance. ‘The two figures lounging across the way hud disappeared, and the tail lights of the Iimousine blinked as it rounded the corner with almost but hurried steps sounded from behind McCarty, and @ young man with drooped jaw and pro- truding eyes bent over him. “Gawd!” he muttered, did she?’ “Or was thrown,” McCarty re- but turned. “Help me lift her.” The young man shuddered, obeyed, and between them they raised the ilmp form, A negro hallboy met them at the door, and at sight of their burden his dusky skin paled and his knees shook visibly beneath him. “Ig there a doctor in there?” de- manded McCarty brusquely. “One of your tenants has got hurt.” The bov stared, tongue-tied and quaking, but at that moment the door of the office was flung open and the “Jumped, doctor himself appeared on the threshold. “Accident?® he asked briskly. “Bring her right in here, That's it, ease her down on the couch, Um-m, “widening stain was creeping out on bad! Bad!” | “ides. the quivering heap, “Is she—gone?” ‘The young man out unmindful of it, he knelt and felt who had helped carry the girl tn . at the sodden, silken mass until ia hands touched a long strand of itntty, pityingly he raised the mangled head, and as he did #0 a ‘hissing sigh escaped from the tor- tured ‘ips. ‘ “The—flying—man!" McCarty glanced up at the murky blankness of the sky. Could he have h aright? His eyes travelled swiftly to the apartment house be- him, from which the woman have fallen, ‘There were lights in the third and fourth ficor "Mindows directly overhead, ‘The ‘of the two was open, but the one was closed and the shade ey voiced his question in a hushed tone, but no one replied. The doctor was busied over the poor, crumpled heap on the couch, and McCarty had turned to the frightened hallboy. “You'd better let her folks know, whoever they are,” he directed. "She fell from the window of one of the apartments upstairs.” "The boy shook his head and gulped. “She—she don’t belone hyar!” he gasped, through stiffened lips, “I ain't seen her befo’, this evenin’! I don't know how come she got in, or when, She mought have fell from next door”— | “Well, anyway, you go up and stop that woman on the third floor from | By Paulin TO GROW TALLER—RICHARD tT: You may grow until you are “twenty-four years old; certainly you ghould, not worry at your age. Prac- fice stretching exercises, and since you belong to such a nice gymnasium 4 ‘do some bar work, which Re- ts you may wit! help stretch the muscles fSmember that too much exercise wWprse than none, so be careful. i TO REDUCE THIGHS—Mrs. B. G.: Leg circling 1s best for this, put ail strenuous exercises for lower body, hill climbing, swimming, &c., will help. Lie flat on your back, hands clasped behind your head, Raise the) | right 1eg, keeping knee rigid and toe 4 pointed downward, and make several \\cymatt circles with tho leg. Do the} leg. Gradually same with tho left | make the circles larger and larger 48) you become more practiced. ITCHING AND PIMPLES—AR- THUR G.; Yes, the yellow pimples and red spots on your skin which iteh you so much may be due to an insect. In fact, I am quite sure it im Dut you should consult your doctor. If it is due to an insect you should wash the spots well with laundry | goap and water and then apply sul- phur ointment. Do this several times a’ day for three days. You may have to repeat this treatment again after two weeks. Remember that all cloth- ing * ‘rn before the treatment should be thoroughly cleansed and the body kept scrupulously clean at all times, LOST ADDRESS—MRS. D. L. B.: Please send another stamped self- @fdressed envelope about the treat- ment of cancer without the knife, Thave misplaced the one you sent me | two weeks of the fruit diet the coat- ~ Answers to Health | ‘and Beauty Questions e Furlong » Conrrtabt, 1019, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) would advise you to consult a good and reliable osteopath, you are quite satisfied that you real- ly have eczema you should begin a systematic and hygienic clean up for your body, inside and outside, Drink much water. Take dally baths and Turkish baths, You may wear rub-| ber gloves during your bath, Soap and water should not be used on eczema, Zinc ointment should be ap- plied to the parts and kept on con- stanuy. Keep the eliminative organs active and eat only wholesome foods, Bat no candy. FRUIT DIET—MRS. GRACE D.: I have watched many persons fol- low the fruit diet for two and three weeks, with no other foods, They do not lose much weight and very little strength, though it goes with- out saying that rest cure should also be included in thie treatment, After ed tongue will or should appear a perfectly healthy, red color, After this broth and toast are given for a day or so before starting regular food. Fruits cooked and raw are very ‘nourishing and should be eaten as @ part of and not between meals, VERMIN IN HAIR—MRS. JACK Hi.: Saturate the hair with tincture of larkspur and then tie it up in a towel over night, In the morning shampoo with any puro soap, shaved and melted in hot water, Then rinse out the suds and follow with a spray of cold water. Repeat this operation if necessary as the larkspur is harmless and will not harm the hair or scalp, BLUSHING—MARGARET G.: self Pelee it did not reach me, * waaante .CKING JOINTS—MRS. W, P, | Te aicuiag fuid in the may cause this. eaused by mioplaced It may also 1 « consciousness causes this, Stop thinking about yourself. Mix more with pleasant groups of girls and exercise and breathe deeply in the leastwayd not+ AGE Monday, May 19, 1918 A GENTLY HE RAISED HER HEAD, AND A HISSING SIGH ESCAPED HER LIPS. “THE FLYING-MAN ” yelling ner fool head off!" MeCarty policeman picked it up and laid It on Jerome Bowker, 812 West Twenty- reply, he went om: “This is a bad interrupted shortly; “If she don’t put the table, noting as he did so the fifth Street. Say, it'll be soon, won't business,” the soft pedal on we'll have to call cheap, gilt-paper initials, “W. D.,” it? I was expectin’ to leave town,” — “Bad it is, Inspector,” responded out the reserves. And look boy; winking up from within the inverted “Sure, in a day or two.” Cunliffe MeCarty. “I was walking along the don’t you sneak off anywhere. I crown. McCarty, too, had turned, and snapped his notebook shut and street, and the poor thing all but fell want to talk to you later.” the young man took @ step toward turned again to the door as the mur- on me. Cunliffe had passed not five Swift-running feet pounded heavily him. mur of voices rose higher outside, minutes before. I met him on the “She'a—dead?” he asked haltingly. “You know this woman? Ever see past the window, and in another mo- and the harsh, insistent clang of an t Cunliffe burst into the hall, ambulance bell smote upon the dis- corner. He repented his experience in de- ‘What's up?” he demanded, his hor before?” McCarty rapped out. — cord. tail, and Chief Inspector Druet lis- breath rasping in his throat. The young man made a gesture of The white-coated surgeon and his tened, together with two of his de- “Somebody rapped for help, and denial and leaned suddenly against orderly had barely pushed their way tectives. Cunliffe and the resident there's blood on the sidewalk out the desk, his pallid face gray. through the crowd when a deeper- doctor. there! Oh, you're here, Mac! Say, “Here, better let me give you @ toned gong sounded and a patrol “ve given orders to clear the what happened?” bracer.” The doctor came forward. wagon filled with policemen dashed crowd away, and allow no one who “Have a look,” MoCarty invited, “No, thank you, doc. This gave me up to the door. belongs in the building to leave the grimly, moving aside to make rooin a bit of a jolt, but I'll be all right There was little left for the sur- premises. Doctor’—— The ipspector for him. of the things that when I get out in the air.” geon to do but confirm the resident turned with a peremptory note of in- don't ever happen in this quiet He pulled himself together and doctor's conclusion that the woman quiry. neighborhood of yours, that a cripple reached for his hat, but Cunliffe must have fallen from at least the — “Elmsford-—Ralph Elmsford.” ‘The could keep order in! It's a little whipped out a notebook. third flo and probably higher, to doctor bowed shirhtly. matter of murder, I'm thinking.” “Just a te. What's your name have received the concussion which “Dr, Elmsford, can you add any- “It's all over,” the doctor said and addre: the condition of the body proved, and thing to what McCarty here Just quietly, and folding a cloth, he laid “What for?" the young man coun- he and his orderly had stepped aside stated? Can you identify tho wom- it over the still face, tered swiftly. when @ tall, gray-haired man with an?” The young man's hat dropped from “The inquest. Coroner'l! want to keen, alert cyes and a sharp, clean- “No. I have never seen her before, his nerveless fingers and rolled to the see you about finding her and bring- to my knowledge. Indeed, unless T shaven chin appeared on the scene, “Ww Mac! What are you doing were well acquainted with her, identi- Then, without waiting for a 6 feet of Cunliffe, who had turned and was coming swiftly forward. The here fication would not be eas: ing her in. “Oh, that!" He paused. “Jerry— The Day of Rest oy TOTTI, 110. ib inh ie Oo, ‘ork Evening Wor.) y Maurice Ketten \ CHEER uP Jonn ! You'tt Be Agate | To Wor 5 TOMORROW fresh crisp alr as much @s possible. pething you ean take internally will help condition, Goer NG ts 0: “Magazine glanced couch, “I understand. I'm going to have the hallboy in now. No objection to our using your office awhile longer?” The doctor bowed again, and tak- ing the hint, withdrew. t a word from the Inspector a Policeman at the door pushed the young negro forward, ‘The first stupe- fying effect of his fright had given ©8 to @ frenay of excitement. His ig eyes rolled until little more than their whites were visible and he stammered uncontrollably effort to unburden himself “What's your name?” “Alte riggs. “You said: that this lady wasn't a tenant of the house?” significantly toward the o bit “Yea, and there's something else,” the latter whispered hoarsely. “Did you notice. the initials in that fellow’ hat—the fellow who helped you carry the woman In here? They don't go with the name he gave me. “No more they do, but what does that prove?” “It's enough for me—that, and what else I'm wise to. He's the drank!” “What drunk?” “The one I told you about, when I first met you on the corner. I recog- — = ears of him, asa the funny, ong face, as soon as I got & look at him under the Nght to fore. He was ging around outside there, and soon as he saw me he began staggering and reeling and | passed bim the word to be getting on “No, sir, she ain't. She don’t tive hom byar.” “Ever seen her before?” The boy hesitated, beads of per- spiration standing out on his fore- head, Finally, he blurted: “Yes! Leastways I knew her from that striped dreas she done got on. I men her once befo’, I think, Three days ag ‘She was here? Who did she come to nee?” “Nobody—that is, she wasn't payin’ no call, She come to look at apart- ments.’ “Who showed them, you or the superintendent?” “M ‘The superintendent was busy. “Did sho give any name?” o sir, She said she'd call again.” “What apartments did you show ber on this side of the house?” “Not a one. There ain't none goin to be vacant. I showed her two on the fifth floor, on the other side, but she didn’t gay much; just looked around,” “How long did she stay?” “I don't know, bows.” “Don't know? What do you mean?” had to run T left her ‘xaminin’ the kitehen of 6-D, and when I come back have walked down the stairs, and I thought “L was called awa my elevator. she'd done gone, She must it was kind of funny “Got a diagram?’ "Yes, sir.” The boy produ from the breast pocket of His «il four flights.” “There's apartments and 'D, on every floor, facin’ this way. all outside re rooms open shaft, ‘H’ on we're standin’ tween th building.” “All right. in at the door, “On My la Doremus, is beside hei terrible, anything with her!” By |. JOTHING ts moro 4: IN flattering to love- jy woman than the delicat. softness of a beautifully pat- terned lace, But dur- ing the war the lace industry was prac- toally at @ standstill, for women were don- |ning practical gar- |monts for serious jwork, and dataty [clothes and frivolitics | were relinquished, | Now, however, when |women may once jagain think, and act lke themselves— which is to say that they may indulge in feminine fancies and dress coquettivhly if they like—lace iy be ing rapturously em- braced for frocks and negligees which surn- mertime wakes Lio. | nally ap pro. | priate, The design Lam | S2owlng Is for even'ng | wear, not t.. osten- tatious for small af. faire yet elegant enough for the must formal. A pale pink satin slip, preferably pussy willow satia ne- cause of Its soft, meh quality, is the foun. dation, and such a slip may be made separate from the frock so as to be utilized with other frocks, always lending an atmospherg of richness in its ot sheen = which — gtim mera through a trans. Parent fabric. In this design the satin is re. vealed at the lower edge of the frock, gis the lace skirt is mite asa tunic, Trimmin it at the hip line is a band of chalky blue picot ribbon which finivhes each side of ‘the front, dropping a end, A touch of blue on the bodic « the chiffon foundation wal varnished wood if sont cloth ipped ‘parte. . aetamed, aad is the corner one, and runs around on the avenue, ns ‘coptin’ of two bed- that oblong a'r- just. runs along on the side street from about over wheres now to the court be- and the next apartment Til keep this diagram.” Before the inspector could frame the next sentence there was a slight com- motion in the hall, and @ white-faced but determined maid thrust her head please, where is Dr. Elmsford? ly. M if, laughing and crying something nd, try my best, [ can't do “Mrs, Doremus! Third floor! That'll be the one who stuck her head out of the window and screamed,” McCarty , remarked in lowered tones te Police- man Cunliffe, who stood beside him, A DELIGHTFUL SUMMER EVENING FROCK loop and: an is introduced 48 & binding to the pale pink chiffon sleeve which is @ part of it. Th 6. “Mac, he must have been as r as we are this minute. a biinat”’ ‘They ascended to the third O4or and pressed the bell of the corner apartment. The same maid who bad interrupted the conference below with her call for the doctor opened the © cautiously and her eyes widened when she reowgnised the in m like to speak to Mrs emu! “Oh! I don’t think you can,” the girl demurred. “She's all upset, and the doctor has given her @ sleeping powder.” i “Dm sorry to disturb her, but it important.” The inspector pushe his way in unceremoniously, wit) MoCarty at his heels. ‘The drawing room curtains at the end of the hall parted, and a short plump figure in a borate tea wn stood before them. “Come in, please, and let me know what you nt. Tam very ill; this terrible affair bas completely gn nerved mi Her eyes were round and staring and of a bright, rather hard blue. | was only when they were quite clos: that McCaarty, noticed the garefil!: massaged crow’s feet and the mare tricious glitter of her curling blond hair. regret the necessity of break in upon you like this, Mrs, Dor: mus, but must learn all we co without de! “But what can I tell you? 1 know nothing, nothing of thie awful thing! She led the way into the library. waved them to seats and sank weakiy upon @ couch, < in family” “How many are you Your husband”—— The lady's languid pose stiffened. “It live here alone, with my two maids!" The dulcet sweetness of ffected, childish treble had harpened. “I fail to see what bear- ing my private affairs have on thi matter, Please state what you wao as briefly as you can and permit yn to retire.” “Very well, madam. Who was in your apartment this evening?” It was evident that she regretted her flash of temper as quickly aa ‘she had exhibited it, for she dropped ‘her eyes and murmured shrinkingly: “When—when the accident oc curred? Only Mary, the maid you saw just now, and myself. I let my cook go to her people in Brooklyn for the night.” (To Be Continued.) Original Dress Designs ' For the Smart Woman Mildred Lodewick Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co. 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