The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1919, Page 21

ee Mystery Surrounds Yo Se RRR CRRA ORDER ERE SURED CY ee u From the Very First Chapter. Thrills, Adventure and a Delightful Love Story Are Woven Together Here. Back of It All Is the Grim Overshadowing Tragedy of a Murder of Years Before, and the Great Un- solved Problem—Who Killed Stephen Garth? (Cupriighs wy Bdward 3. Clots, 1819.) CHAPTER L. train had panted twelve mi! up a sinuous valley, halting at three tiny stations on the way; it dwelt so long at the fourth that occupant of a first-class carriage raised his eyes from the book he was reading. He found the platform packed with country folk, all Beading in the same direction, Hitherto, this heedless traveller had been aware of some station-master or po: rter bawling an unintelligible name; tow, his fellow-passengers seemed to know what place this we. Without being told; moreover, they seemed to be alighting there. A porter, whose face, hands, and clothing were of one harmonious tint, @aggesting that he had been dipped bodily in some brownish dye, and then left to dry in the sun, opened the door. “Aren't you gettin’ out, sir?” he inquired, and his tone implied both ‘ warprise and pain. “Is this Nuttonby?” said the passenger. “Yes, sir.” | “Why this crush of traffic?” “It's market day, sir.” “Thanks. I didn't expect to see such a crowd, Have you a parcels (fice, where I can leave some baggage?” “Yes, sir.” “Hang on to this bag, then, There fe three boxes in the van. You'll feed a barrow—they're heavy!” when the porter began to trundle the loaded trolley along its length. A pert youth appeared from nowhere, and cried “Ticket!” firmly, almost By this time, the man who knew so Mittle of important Nuttonby—which held 3,005 inhabitants in the 1911 cen- sos, having increased by two since 1901—had risen, and was collecting a @sherman’s outfit, and some odds and ends of personal belongings. Sure ‘emough, the boxes were heavy. The @uard had to assist, in handling them. “By gum!” said the porter, when he Qried to lift the first on to a trolley. “Books,” explained the traveler, “I thought mebbe they wuz lead,” aid the porter. “Some books have that quality,” gaid the other. a reader in his spare ‘The guard, time, smiled. The owner of so much solid literature seized @ stout leather handle. “Tl give you a hand,” he said, and fhe porter soon added to his slight etore of facts concerning the new- comer. This tall, sparsely built man in tweeds and a deer-stalker cap was mo weakling. ‘The platfcrm was nearly empty threateningly. He was given a first class ticket from York, and a receipt for excess luggage. “Book the bag and these small articles sq@arately,” he was in- structed. “I may want them soon. The boxes may be sent for this after- noon; I don't kn yet.” He turned to the porter: there a house agent in the tow “Yes, sir—two.” “Which is the better—the may with the larger clientele—sorry, I mean with the greater number of houses on his books?’ “Well, sir, Walker an’ Son have bin in business here fifty year an’ more.” “Til try Walker, Where's his place?” “Next door the ‘Red Lion,’ si Straight up the stranger went. The wide street was crammed with stal farmey’s carts, carriers’ carts, do; carts, even a couple of automobile: for Wednesday, being market day, was also policescourt. day and Board of Guardians day. He passed un- heeded. On Wednesdays Nuttonby was a metropolis; on any other day in the week he would have drawn wali ay eal “WHATEVER CAN WE DO?” CRIED MRS. JACKSON, WITH THE DISTRESS OF A WOMAN OVERWHELMED BY SOME TRAGIC OC- FORE | COULD STOP HIM. GOING TO SHOW THE NEW TENANT THROUGH THE HOU: CURRENCE., “THAT YOUNG WALKER SNATCHED THE KEYS BI THEY'RE HALF WAY UP THE HILL ALREADY—H dozens of curious eyes, peeping sur- ‘Well,.I am, if it oomes to that. reptitiously over short curtains, or you want my father?” more candidly in the open. Of course, " Walker, junior, was a Nuttonbs he was seen by many, since Nuttonby “nut”—a sharp young blade who did Was not so metropolitan that it failed not tolerate chaff. to detect a new face, even on Wednes- “I want to rent a furnished house days; but his style and appearance in or near a quiet country vill were of the gentry; Nuttonby decided where there is some good fishing, that he had strayed in from some was the answer. “Now, you can de- “big’’ house in the district. t et! Walker & Son, it would seem, were ‘ermine whether X should trouble Mr. He'll be auctioneers, land valuers, and pro- “wy bate estimaters as well as house pon, wouble at all, sirt agents. Their office was small, but 4 ‘ not retiring. A young man, seated | Walker, junior, had nearly made the behind ‘a counter, reading a sporting S4me mistake as the ticket collecting newspaper and smoking a cigarette, Youth; however, he estimated time rose hastily when the caller entered, Correctly. He went out, put his head “Yes, sit,” he sald, thereby implying through the open*window of the “Red instant readiness to engage in one or Lion's” bar parlor, | : all of the firm's activities. “Dad, you're wapted!” “Are you Mr, Walker?” said the in ten seconds, tHe stranger saw th newcomer. firm! “Yes, sir.” He repeated his need, and there was “Ah! I thought you might be the @ great parade of big leafed books, ° while the elder Walker ascertained Do son. Pade Furlong’s Advice On Hea ‘Tho Press r DRY SCALP—Mre. A. H. W.—— Castor ofl, 1 ounce; cantharides, 1-2 mnce; bay rum, 6 ounces. This is 4 very good formula for dry scalp and falling hair. This preparation will wot darken the hair. SHAVING THE ARMPITS—Annie r— ‘This is a harmless practice and is aid by many women to greatly lessen odors, of perspiration. course, daily bathing must be ob- worved. Or FOOD.—Matel M.—— Buea aed grean.. vegetables, grapes, milk, raw eggs and plenty of water to drink. LARGE ABDOMEN—Tillic P. Heavy eating, lack of exerci fanity standing position are some of the causes of this, Try proper exer- cises to correct this, FEVER BLISTERS—Mrs. A. B. P. Fever blisters usually come from fa disordered stomach, but sometimes ate the result of a cold and lowered ing otly and Beauty (Tap Now York Mvjning World.) vitality, Touch the blisters with a puff of cotton saturated with nitre, camphor spirits, borax, or alum when they first appear. CURLY HAIR—May B— Dilute the white of one egg with a little cold water, Brush lightly through the hair, then put the strands up in kid curlers. The hair will re- main curly several ‘days, even if damp. EXCESSIVE THINNESS — Anna Eat plenty of good wholesome food, breathe deeply, rest and relax often and exercise moderately to cor- |rect this, ‘ SWIMMING EXERCISE HEALTH.—Jane L. Swimming stimulates the circula- tion, cleanses the pores of the skin and aids digestion, It is therefore ob- vious that it is a valuable exercise, COATED TONGUE-—Hila H.— This condition ts caused from overeating, lack of exercise and water starvation, Drink a glass of hot water a half hour before breakfast each morning. FOR [How It Sta rted _ The Stage. HUNKING back for the origin of T any theatrical performance, our minds naturally revert first to Shakespeare and his Globe ‘Theatre. Some of us Would go back a Uttle further; and many of us would choose Moliere, the plays he wrote and staged, often in the open, for the vail Louis and then, in his own the- atre, where. while he was the favorite of the King, he was the rago of France, But these were only steps in the evolution of the theatre and the play. Yor the origin of all dramatic repre- sentation, we must go back to the days of idol worship when many gode were thought to rule the destinies of man ‘Two brothers, Danaus and Aegypt- us, sons of Belus, shared the throne of Egypt. After a particularly heated quarrel, Danaus, with his followers, set gail in search of a new land where he could rule alone. ‘They landed near the Greck city of Argus of which he shortly became King. Here, to celebrate his good fortune he instituted festivals in honor of the god Bacchus, who was supposed to have helped to make his undertaking successful, These festivals consinted of nothing more than riotous ry, interspersed with songs which, after the manner of the day, were most primitive and often coarse. ‘But the festivals soon bi +4 ar which was the first entertainment of performance known, evolved the the- atrical projects of later ages which developed into the institution of the theatre as we know It to-day. | | | Know? Copyright, 191, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening Wort 1, What great Roman General led his army across the Rubicon 2. What State is most famous for its marble? 3. How many points does a field | goal count in football? | 4. What was the best known war song written by George M. Cohan? 5. What ts the complementary color of red? , 6. What title has the head df the Japanese Government? 7. What country is protected by a great dike to keep the sea out? 8. Who wrote “The Raven?” 9. Of what flower is a bride's wreath usually made? 10, What biblical character was supposed to have lived to the greatest e? 11. What city “Smoky City?” 12, What island was ceded to the United States as a result of the Peace ‘Treaty? ANSWERS TO :SATURDAY’S QUESTIONS, , 1, Steel; 2. English; 3 Tiber; 4 Greek; 6. Palmer; 6. ir; 7. Goteh; | Mumerts; aes is known as the “T¢ hint 3 yy Again he hesitated, “Why, it appears to be, as your son sald, the very place.” Walker, senior, smiled drearily. He know what was coming. “TI can’t recommend it, sir, and for thia renson. A gentleman named Garth—Mr. Stephen Garth; some sort of professor, I understand—lived there & many years, with his wife and daughter. Nica, quiet people they were, and the young lady was @ beauty. No one could make out why they should wish to be buried alive in a hole like Elmdale, but they seemed happy enough. Then, two years since, in this very month of June, Mrs. Garth and the girl drove into Nuttonby in their governess car, and went off by train, sending the trap back by a hired . Mr, Garth about for a week or two, and then hanged himself one evening alongside a grandfather's clock which stands in the hall. That made 4 rare stir, I can tell you; since then, no one will look at the Grange, whjch in Ha proper e. I need hardly say that the villagers have seen Mr. Garth's ghost many times, particu- larly in June, because in that month the setting sun throws a peculiar shadow through a stained-glass win- dow on the half landing. “Last year [ let the place to a Shef- field family who wanted moorland atr. My! What a row there was when Mrs, -Wilkins heard of the suicide, and, of course, saw the ghost! It was all I could do to stave off an action for damages, ‘Never again,’ said 1. ‘If anybody else rents or buys Mr, Walker smiled. “That was for my.son’s he explained. “The Bimdale are clustered together on the The Grange stands above them, one end, and a few yards up ® leading to the moor. It a fine view, too,” he added regretfully. “rt take it,” said the stranger.» Walker, junior, looked jubilant, tal his father's years had weakened fidence in mankind. Many a was lost ofe the agreement was and this one was beset by diMeulties. “If you give me your name address I'll consult Messrs. & Dobb”— he began, and was more astonished than he would to confess by the would-be tenamt® emphatic interruption— “Is this property to let, or ie not?” oe “You, sir, “Very well! rent, Haven't I said sot I offer you a q payable to you or your non whem I have looked at the place. As matter of form, I would like one you to accompany me to Eimdale a® once, because I must inquire inte the fishing. I suppose you ean hire conveyance of sorts to take us Of course, in any event, I shall pap your fee for the journey. My name As Robert Armathwaite. I em @ stranger in thié part of ¥ but if you or Messrs Holloway & care to call at the three days’ tim as to my financial standing. an agreement for a yearly house they take “Ts it “Oh, yes! Nel brig jarguerite sale?" ince they left. They didn't at- the ghost with it.’” ther Mre. Garth nor have come near Elm- out. terminable thereafter by thi written notice, when T installment of the rent. is furnished, you will prot ico throug late for payment in advance ree yi *the i. the THEY'RE GOING VU Obed se i" the prospective client's exact require- ments. Whittled down to bare facts, they amounted to this: A house, in a small and remote village, and a trout stream. The absolute seclusion of the village and its diminutive pro- portions were insisted on, and prop- erty after property was rejected, though the Walkers were puzzled to know why. This distinguished looking man wished to find @ dwelling far removed from any social centre. His ideal was a tiny moorland hamlet, miles from the railway, and out of the beaten track of summer visitors, Suddenly, the son cried: “Elmdale {is the very piace, dad!" Dad's face brightened, but clouded again inst. 5 “You mi the house ‘round You the corner?” he said, pursing his lips. wrong with it?” “Yes.” “Nothing. = It’ “Tm afraid it wouldn't suit.” and well furnished.” “Why not? “I rather like the name.” and Walker, senior, glum, You described it oti as the above the firep! “Here you ai dering black line of a stream. to half a pound—but"—— sir, _ The Day of Rest y Maurice Ketten =, / DING Busr’\ IT! EVERYBODY (N TRIS BUILOING IscstllcAAN DD lit tant Now. put in the stranger. “I didn't mention any name, sir,” looked house ‘round the corner—an excellent name. Tt attracts me, Where is Elmdale?” ‘The head of the firm pointed to a map of the North Riding hanging he said, seizing a pen and running it along the mean- miles from Nuttonby, and thous: Bas from every other town—on the edge of the moor—about forty houses in the village—and a@ first-rate beck, with trout running from four ounces won't like comfortable enough, tend the funeral, and I may add, in confidence, that Messrs. Holloway & Dobb, solicitors in this town, who have charge of their affairs—so tar as the ownership of the Grange goos, at any rate—do not know their whereabouts, It is a ead story, sir.” ‘The would-be tenant was apparent- ly, unmoved by the story's sadness. “What kind of house ts it? he in- quired. “Old-fashioned, roomy, with oaken rafters, and a Jacobean grate in the dining room. Five bedrooms, Fine garden, with its own well, fed by a spring. The kind of seventeenth cen- tury dwelling that would fetch a h rent nowadays if near a towm As_ is, I'd be glad to take sixty & year for it, or submit an offer.” “Furnished?” “Yes, sir, and some decent etuff in it, too. I'm turp: way & Dobb don’t nel but I believe they der from Mrs. Garth that the prop- erty is to be sold as it stands, and not broken up piecemeal.” ‘ht house ‘round the corner?” TATISTICALLY only the opiates, lead and carbolic acid among the poisons were responsible for @ greater mortality than occurred through hydrocyanic (prussic acid) polsoning in a given decade. The reason for this undoubtedly lies tm the fact that the cyanides are ex- in the arts and so are ible; then too the acid many substances in na- tassium cyanid is used in pho- tography, in silver electroplating, in the gilding of metals, in gold minin, in manufacture of certain dyes, and wherever it is employed, quanti ties of this powerful poison are con- stantly kept on hand. A form of chronic poisoning occurs among those who work with the acid or the eyanides, The « tome are headache, vertigo, paleness of the face, lons of appetite, offensive breath and ‘difficult respiration. ‘The acid which this salt gives up, hydrocyanio or commonly known as prussic acid, is widely distributed in nature, ofl of pitter almonds beine one of the best known. ‘Thus, of 402 cases of cyante poisoning col- lected by Witthaus, sixty-one were due to this oll, its poisonous action being entirely due to the prussic acid contained in it I believe many obscure cases of iliness and death could have been traced to the use of this oll, when it | was employed in confectionery, bak- ing, &c., before the advent of svn- thetic flavoring agents, — To-dev |bonzaldehyd is used instead of the |eenuine oll of bitter almonds, and | this contains no prussic acid. A few canes of severe, even fatal poison {ng. espectally in children, are re- {portea from eating kernels of the peach. pr apple needs and of wild Hack cherries “Why did you describe it as the dow, Chronic Poisoning Cases. | I fancy you can-draw. up an agreement in half an hour, if there is an inventory it shoulé checked and initialed when we the house, Does that sult you?” ' The Walkers were prosperous an@ pompous, but they knew whem te sink thelr pomposit “Yes, sir, it can Be acne,” agreed the elder man, “Thank you. Which ts the leading MiWeiker, wenlor, indioated « bafibe ‘alker, senior, a . ing directly opposite. 3 ee wre sone. with the mane ager,” said Mr. t= here in naif an hour, Wall you have & carriage waiting?” |. ay “A dog-cart, sir, My own. My som wi "Bey vow | cellen' jen’ ae ba 4 sta edie x 4 And Mr. Armat went out. ty The Walkers watched'as he “ the road, and entered the bank, side of the stroet being higher the other, they coul frosted lower , that he was us! (To Be Continued.) by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World.) The Power of Prussic Acid. ¢ ing these plants and swallowing juices may be sufficient in cases, or, if taken in sufficient titles, to poison the victim. It : not result in fatal poisoning, yet whole subject is important should be used as a warning. While the white crystals of sium cyanid themselves are used, action is a trifle slower than the acid which this salt gives employed; 80 tragic |x its power the fumes alone are deadly, and most dramatic fact connected with is the death of the Scheele from inhaling the while experimenting the In acute poisoning the usually taken by mistake; ite is exceedingly rapid and often overs com th tetim: tn unable to perform any, comsstogm act Characteristic Odor. ‘ The odor of hydrocyantc acid 5 very characteristic; its ascectom upon the patient's breath at ona seals the diagnosis. After death it Ungers upon the body for so that the cause of death is made. Now many cases recover prompt treatment. but action of the poison ts #0 rapid moment. dare’ be lost. “"Ttve mtanaamn should be washed out until ne of the odor remains upon the water. If this cannot be done patient must be forced to popibus draughts of warm water to Induce free vomiting. teaspoonful of mustard to @ water.) Hot followed by xy must be poured from a height of or two feet upon the chest to stimas jate breathing. “While these menue ures are being pursued, @ third pare son having called a physician, orders from the nearest di the antidote, which is @ m: Thus a little girl of flve died after venty hours of suffering from an| unkown quentity of cherry kernels, | |The bark and leaves of many plants | delonging to the plum family also} jcontaln prussic acid, Therefore chew-! "FAMOUS | | WOME ferrous sulphate and be administered exid to delay. If the patient te etill the doctor arrives, respiration will probably aid tm Gim when complete restoration. N Madame Pfeiffer, | ADAME PFEIFFER should take her place in history jongside of Rolf the Walker, or Traveller (Ganger), for no woman living or dead has gecomplished so much with her legs. She was born in| Vienna in A love affair having gone askew, and an unfortunate mar- riage to a man thrice her age, turned Ida Pfeiffer’s thoughts into the wide, wide world, and she, began her fa mous journeys, four voyages, which went four times not only round the |world, but in and out of the world, Jineluding the islands of cannibals | near Java, the mysteries of Peru and eundor, Bagdad, and Otaheite in |the Pacific Ocean, Panama and the United States. gifted writer we might bave had val- uabdle data. But it of power aud oo underpin- Senet: paint me aid Be. 2 pss If she had been | Griselda. AS Griselda the ¢@pftome of pationce? Or, the elimax alt absurd forbearance? Let modorn woman judge, and answer, peasant girl, of singular beaut: Tyrol, living in the Middle ent tha attracted the attention of a of Salusa as he rode past her o door and saw her spini in sunlight. He married ber, her to bis castle with pomp; manded, when her first babe was that she resign it to him; " manded that she leave him, ? complying meekly; demanded in twa years’ time that she return to 4 his new bride for the al she did; and, as the dear stood trembling before him, the que cried: “Phow only not fair to ask! Thee only do L love!” Rowe dim her meee y Q ate sar id gee, above ve alt of the tents wanes