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THE MAELSTROM BY FRANK FROEST. Late Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard. TEE STORY SO FAR Jimmy Halett, mdHioaire adveniur- nr from New York, lot in a Liondon fos lias a bur.ile of cancelled cheques signed by J. E. Greye-Stra,tton thrust into lus hand _by a young woman who disappears in the lag followed short- ly by a man in pursuit. Going t;> th? address of Mr. Stra.ttcm> Jdmmy is ad- mitted 'by c/ne calling 'himself a Doc- tor and ushered into an unlight&l room and knocked senseless. Re- gaining consciousness he dis-.?overs ihe body of Stratton and reaehiln-g the telephone calls uip Menzies of Scot- land Yard to whcm hie libs aai intro- duction. Investigation casts sii'pic- ion upon Errol rippson of Stravton and a search for him and tor Peggy, 3tra>tton's dauettter -v'no had accom- panied her mother when Stratton had turned hec out, is Instituted. "Pr.'h-" taterruptei Mia prisoner. Ho si>a.t on the cell fkxxr to indicate his contempt. "You've shown you know something about this murder," wem-t on Meuziee. "The judge is pretty sure \ take Chat into account i>n-e way or t.h other at yc.-'ur trial. I of course ehoi>!d t^H him if you 'he'..p<Hl us. It would prob- ably mukf> a ditference. you know." The priso'.i.-r showed two rows of ytflilow teeith in van uumrrt'hftU, c'in- amptUK>Ti.- s::n. "Go :iw.iy. woodi- bead. 1 '.-liM net go U> ]:rl=on. but you will dis. You don't know what you ea',!. what yc-u are up agailnst." "Perhaps I've got an idea,'' said Maaziwj. Mis voice changed. "I cfcm't knmv whether you're playing nine fooC; my man," he said sternly. "or wbetln ; ycu really believe that kind of wild ta'.k. Perhaps your iriend Brrcf. will be able to eniiighten us." 'Brrol?" said Smith blankly. "I know him not." "I heaTd ysu." said Mrnziea. "You Think ovec what I've said, my lad. Meanwhile wu'il hav-j a dactor to lock at you." CHAPTEK. V:. M1s Peggy Greye-Stratton. Menziet; vet an ump.irluinientary ex- pression e'.!p fn;m Jiis Hips as ctre cell d<w clanged behind Uvem. It is tan- ca-ixing to have a piece of evidence drop into one's lap, so to speak, and itwn refuse to b? evidence. H<a wa.3 annoyed because his ef- forts to un'jock the Mps of die prieou- r had failed. He know that if only die man coultl have been, induced to ttailk days, poseiKy weeks, of heart- breaking labor wvmld be saved. fret'h development ihod him esiag, .;s Jimmls Hallett might have said. Who was "William S:u.Uli"? Why had he threatened ILaUett, and even gone eo fao- as to try to carry fa."s threit into execution? The hhrt of an orgamiaixl conspiracy to save tile nnuirderer of Grey e-Strait ton. would have e.xcJiixl his d^rinfiun, if it hod w-xt aroused specuiatJan. Tlie secret si:cit?ties in Eng''a7vd mxy :dk muirdcir at times, but they never seriously plot murdw or cirry out a muTdier. A man who perils his neck bas invariably s<:xms atrouK personal And when ottoerw actively him they ailso li.no tome otiher motive .ilh&n pure eiltruism. One person may commit an irres- ponsible aiot A>r no reaHonstble act for no retuson; it is even ooaceivabJje that two people nay act in concert in ;k>m Jnis-iiiie crliae. But here were at least t!:iree peopta coneenied. and possibly more Ui wuiiuin who had parsed ihe checks to HiaiHatt, the murderer of Greye-Siratton mw! "Wil- liam Smith." WJiat was the link WiBt bound thim all together? That nch was aetinig from some powerful eK-interest he felt corofiden't. It might be thait tlwra was a comiiminAty Of inrtereat, but he woa S'Cepbic en'ough to think that acci- dental. The chief Inspector checked his flow of iAtou'trbt with a jerk. Specu- lation without materials spelt a fixed theory and to a detectivo too early a uheoiy may be fatal. He is apt to try to prove his theory rather than prove itiio truth. He la.M a hand on Hallett's arm as the jailer inserted a liey in the big :> 1 door that, led to the charge room. "Wait a minulle. There are a dozen people the other side o tlie door wait- Ing for us. I want you to have a good ook at theini when you go in. II you : z'.:\zf any of thorn I wan't, you to g.) up and toiu'h her." 4 llr." r-pf^ted Hallct't. 'His pulse (hrobibod unacoun'tably faster. Men- zies eyed him keenly. "Ytai said la^t niffht that you would proteibiy know ;he w.J-man asain who I ;>'?.:itiid ilie dioclca on yc,u. I'm reiying on yea, Mr. Hallett. You're a man of the wt rid. Don't run away with 'the 'Idea asy^'tty face can't be mixed us in crime/"! So you've rum lier do-.fri. \\liy didn't you toll me before? U"ho is she? Does she admit passing the checks?" Menzles fhook a tocefiofee bland.y at .the young man. "I'll answer your ouesticns soma ether time. On y [ilay "K. _-.:;!',<-. Mr. HallcW.." He was a -hrewd judge of men, and a-U a.onghe bad Men d-oubtfui whotliw Jirnniio' cVv.irv wnild be proof agaiiu, u-t to whU:h he prc,po.-:t-d to potjt And Jtlmimae himself WM doulK.'i \ \vet-k-a day-aR 1 w)n':d h'tve rid'cuJed tiie idi-a that a p.ur 01 b.ue eyee senmtaiiy once, corfd have sway- ed liim in any dtgretv H<- d.il T hi-; ihouftht-s into tVrm, bul, lio won- dered what, the effect to her of an Idemtilica'tion might be. Had Menzies any suspicion against her" Jiraiuie found hiiae"if arguing irogica<iy enomsh that it was im- ix-ai-iib'e. Benzies's words braced him as they were intended to coma wont wculd, he would point her out if she wero in the charge roam. vn-a tli en the door swung back. The <! :rgo roam, loftly iuwl bn>. was tenairte,! by a little src-up of worn'?* t-eited in a row, at the lower end. Ypart from them in the eeatre by the inspector's' tall desk were a couple of officers. A tfeird was lean- ing aealnet thn dock. Tho cha.t;tcr tf voices ceased. "Take a gooC look ait llhese ladles," said Menzies's suave voice. Jinmiie hod not needed more than one gJance. Th^re was a suMeifnt gen-pral reeo-mbilance among the army ot women, but she wa unmista'kaible. She was the second tro-m the riglnt. He had uiacen oae pace toward ber. wllen her gaze met his. There was nothing in it of appeal It was indif- ferent, cold, impaseive. Yet IlaUet.t's rcMhnoa wavored. He walked paal her alonK tha row and bock tugoin. Ho re 't himsvlf a Ti>3l There was not the faintest reason why ho s'wmld net identify her. Shi- wus pussibly eoncern-'d in a .1<-liborate murder. And Then out of the tad of his eye hf saw her moisten lnw dry lips. T'vit was the oniy trace of emotion ehe gave. "It no good, Mr. Menzies." lie sand quietly. "I don't reoogiiize aaiy one here." H had played poker in Ms time, and his face and voice were ab- polTHely expressionless. Monzios tapped a forefinger thouphtfiU'.y alongside his nose and smiled rue- fully. "All rih:t," lw> said, and Jlmmie Saacied there was an inner shade of meaning ti> Uie wx>rd. ''Thoit will do, ladies, tbiaiik you." (To be co There are twenty-nine nationalities repreeeutod among the 408 students ertroJied in nigilit schoois of citizen- ship in Ailaska. Lots Angeles is credited with paying a larger per oapl!a tax for education tha.n any other city in the United Stated. * I m Happy and ** T ^1 ..- y _ Well now tor L took DtPieice's Favorite escnption" Thousands of women in this country have reason to speak as above. From every part of Canada women write Doctor Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., as do these- PHIPPE, .lAbic. " Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cured me when all other me Seines failed. The home doctors could do nothing for me. i happened to see Dr. Pierct/s advertisement in the paper, sent for the medicine and fcti sreat benefit from even the first few teaspoonfuls that 1 took. I tooK but a few bottles until I was well. 1 cannot speak too highly of its merits." MRS. JANET BROWN. R. R. 1 SPRUCKDALE, ONT. "I am only too glad to tell you what Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription has done for me. I doctored three months, and the doctor said I would have to have an operation, but thanks to Dr. Pierce's medicine, I never felt better in my life than I have since taking the ' Prescription.' It surely is a woman s friend. I took the ' Favorite Prescription,' ' Golden Medical Discovery, and also the 'Pleasant Pellets/ I was so weak and nervous I could scarcely do any work. That was eighteen years ago this summer, and I have never been troubled with the feminine trouble since." MRS. JOHN W. HEWETT, Starrat All druggists sell Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription in liquid or tab- let form. Send lOc. to Dr. Pierce's Laboratory Bridgeburg, Ontario, for trial package of Favorite Prescription Tabtete. Pierce at WINTER HARD GN BABY Th.a winter season is a hard one on Uie baby. He is more or less confin- ed to stuffy, ba-dily ventilated rooms. It is so often -stormy that rho mother does aot get him oat in Uie fresh air *s <-.ftrin as she should. He catches cold wuioli rs-Glts. his lit!.: 3 system; his .staiaatih and bowels g."'t out of order anU ho becomes peevish and cross- To gTia.nl a&ii'i&t l.his mctdier should keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets in ih 'hou.se. They rogii- J-ute the stomach and bowels and hrtxik tip ct:U:;. They :;-R scM by medicine dUtrs or by null at 25 re-nts a box fin.m The" Dr. Yx'illunu' Medicine Co., K.-OKlivil'e. Oat BILL JONES IS SUCH A CRANK I'M GLAD HE ISN'T TWINS. Do You Soffer Witii Drawing Sackaehe? Painful back troublo indicates dis- ea.sed kidney^, Don't negi^ot the first symptoms. When you can't stoop or bend with- dizzy spells an-tl constant headaches When your buck a;'ht':;, morning, noon and aigjit, and when langcur and reetlessnesa oppress you Then will the telling merit of Br. Hamilton's Pills make you feel better in one day. Dr. Hj.milton'e Pills exert a won- derful influence on Uio diseased tls- siues of iho kidneys. They heal and soothe, give vitality and tone, put new life 'into tht> kidneys, and thus prevent a return of the troiibl;. Kidney sufferer, hi-elth awaits you and happy cure is riglit at hand in Dr. Hamilton's IMUs. Note care- fully the above symptoms, if they tit your <-.is'. don't delay, but go at once to your dealer and procure the un- failing Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Man- draJco and Uiuternut, so-iti In yellow boxes. 25c u-h, or five for $1.00. .1 LK PKNKEftS NEED BLUER COWS VETERI.ANARIANS URGED TO TAKE INTEREST IN SELECTIO-N OF CATTLE. Ftfty per cent, oi tile cows own- ed by Ctuiadlan farmers are kept at a loss, decfcured Dr. J. 13. Hollings- wtirth, of Ottawa, in addressing the Ontario Vntorianary As-jociat!<;n con- r-twtion a-:, th-e Oirtacio \'fterinay Col- le. Of the other fifty per cent, hadf pay f-or their foed only, and the other half make money, he asserted. The remedy ho proposed was the de- velopment by the farmiro-s of their present stocks inio hteli grade cattle. To accomplish Uiis, milk tasting must be accurate and comidota records of production must be kept. In urging the veterinary doctors to take more .InlVircst in the selection and improvement of cattle 'that trey nilBlit advise the farmers in Uieir lo- ca.lrty, ho staged Uvat far too many calves were slaughtered and that every year, thousands of first claws calves which ware valuable 'potential milk producers were used for meat producttcu. LICE-FREE HEN NESTS. A poultry raiser in California has a plan which, ho declares, keeps Idoo cut of hen-s' nests. Ttoo plan is very simple, and if it. is an effective as he s'ays, it surely is worth using on any farm. Ho dtscrtbos tlh.e .plan es follows: : "Wheoi 'my hens are rs^ody to sit, I line Ui nests witih duck feaithers. I started this plan after I figured that the way to do was to keep as close to uatiure a ipossible. I make the nests on the ground^ and put the daick feaiLhera tn as a lining, becniuse Uie Jlce do not soeni ito bother at all when the neats aro lined Mils way. I scoop out a sandy spot to make a hole in wJweh to 'build the ne-sit. I put in a 1'ayor of riean liay or straw, and then put, in a lot of duck ifeathws. The grease in these feathers seams to drive away line in- sects." D I Tn remote Northern Manitoba, be- yond the Saskatchewan River, tap- per and gold were produced Iat year to Uie value of $695,000. Lesson X. . March 6. JESUS AMONG HIS FRIENDS. Lesson Matt. 26: 1-13. Goldon Tost. "She hath done what she could (.Mark 14. S). Historical Setting Timo. A'pril A. D. 30. Place. Bethany. The Lesson Text. 1 And it came to pass, when .Tosus hurt finished all ihese words, he sa'l i'ii to his dis.ci.ples. ' Ye know that after two days file : vor -cometh, and tlie Son of man U C< Mvered up to be crucified. ? Then were gathered together tlu chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high })r:i\si, w.ho was caT.lod Caia.phas; 4 and Uioy took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtle- ty, and kill him. 5 But they said. Not during the faast. lust a tumult arise among the people. 6 Xow when Jesus wa3 in Befnany in die hause of Simon tlie leper, I there came iinto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exce?d- i;:g prei-k'is ointment, and S'IL- poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat. 8 Lut. when Uio dJucinip saw it, they iiad indication, saying, To what purpose is tais wajte? 8 For this ointment might hav; been sold for much, and given to the .poor. 10) Bu.t Jesus perceiving it said un- to them. Why troubl-o ye -the woman? for she hath wroughit a good work upon nve. II For ye bave the poor always with yju; but m yo have not always. 12 For in tJutt aha poured this oinUnoiit upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 Vertly I say nnto you. Whoso- ever this goe-pel shall be preached to tn whole world, tluat also wluch ttis woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Comments Verse 1. "Thiwe words" refer to the discourse recorded in chapters 24 auil 25. The disciples hero mention- aro 'probably all of tho twolve. Verse - i. "After two days" must mean less thau forty-eight hours, or it would ha-ve beeu alled throe Uays. The paseover festival began Thursday afternoon with .the staying of the lamiib. Jesus* oneaulew wore pjaaniiig His betrayal, and He was preparing to moot it. Verse y. The chief priests aud e elders were two of fho classes constituting the Sanhedrin, and the Sanhedrin was 4/Jiieir court oif justice, fairness and flinal appeal. Verse 4. Note the dignified relig- ious body plotting Jesua' deetruc tlon. Verse 5. It in hardly probable that they plotted asHtu^aLua-Uon, because Jesus had too many friends, aud the odium would have clung tu tills su- preme council. Verse t>. There were niauy Si- mons, and thi one is dwtiuguislied ty the fact that he was a leper. V'urse 7. Joiiu -iei'js us that this wo- man was Mbry (John. 12: 3>. This expensive nurd was extract**] from th bloseoms of a. certain Indian and Arabian gross. Mark says that this ointment was worth mere than 300, which would ba about $1,5*0 In our money. John says sJie anointed the feet of Jeaus, so she must bave pour- od the oili'tuieat ovor His head and then upon His teet. Verae 8. By reading Joim you are conniuoed that Uie muttering of Judas ld tlie other disciples to condemn rms seeming extravagance. A bad man ofteo leads good num into error. Verse 9. Judas indicates that Mary he>rse'.lf was abashed and dow.ioast hy Uu> criticise of her act of devotion. Verse 11. The more peoj)le do for Christ ajid Ills c.iuse, the more they will toe led to do for the poor. It Is Mary's successors, and aot those ot jTidaa, w.ho are beaevoleut. Verse 12. Mary did not know that this was .to be tho last aniodiitla* our Lord's body received btfore His bur- ial Verse 13. The me.m.orta.1 of this woman was to bo preserved, not in brasd txlxots or church windows, tout in Uie .preaching c< the gosipel. Ifivery tinio any ona is incited to do tun vm- seVfiwh Wiiiig, buxxiuee of .Vuw'a ex- ampif, her beautiful Jeod is nieinor alized anew. Tlie Indication^ of woiins aj - griinding of the tuetli, i>U-tun (' '!!" nose, Mi'i-.iiLi 1 .jHva-iniijic.vtt, oj.toii convu!sion& 'Coder Hu*<e mmli I 'on.-, nii-i of tlm beet ri)iu\\iK-rs <:li;i.: can 'be got is M'Uier'e Worm Powders. They wfil oibfcwdt tlie worn oe aooji ns administered tuiLd t<hey va.^ away iu the evacuations. 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If y.,xr Jrr.lcr caiMt! n,i.". y'; ,.:i. -~ntt our tuareu io.Vi - Canada Cement Company Limited Herald Building Montreal Sales Off.it: at Wiwiq Cilia, mm mmm ABDDQING The first Niagara Peninsula Scout Officers' Rally will be held in S f . Catharines o Friday aiul Sawtr 1 - day. Miux>h 11 and IX according to information obtained from Provincial Scout Had(iuaj-t?rs, Bloor and Shar- bourne lrewa, Toronto. h is ex- pected that there will be a large at- tundonce of Sooui-Tnasters, Assis- tant Sooutmasteire and other eenior officers to paj-ticii)at? in tho pro- trramine which wiii include coiwftw- encps on troop organization and maB- a l * > m.'ent, training pro^nujHiie, re- cruiting leaUorship uuii general scout aotivitle*. The 1st Exeter Troop (Thoujoa Pryde, Scoutmaster) won tfce of receivliig tile first of the charters now being is*uel to troops by the Provincial Council fior On- taj-io. In order U> recuive a char- ter for the conduct o( a 'troop, the institution of group of pwopie re- sponsible for it must vit-tiiut--iy ac- cept responsibility ivr prov-iding sun able leadwship and adeituate facil- ities for carrying cm its work. H aJew api>ainita a. Troop Committee of t2fcree to co-operate with the Scoutmaater in hte work and to help In every way possible to advance ittie !..-.-> uf thit* troop and ita mem- On Pefcnwury 22, tlie toirtnday of Sir .-!, --L ! ; -i- -ii Po-xroll, founder anil Emrjjire Htuat at ttte Boy Soovta^ Itt- vca^ly d-ozreiis .rf Doy Scout concerta, dc^nduya, diime. etc, were in'<l tlie iirovinne. many of attended by parents and friends. Ort*er excellent itortain- nmnXB ha.v rnceaUy been reportd Jroin J-^lurence, 9tna.thr*>y, Ptenetlon l-\ul!s aod Suixl'-rtunl. (>i;n of tib bigg*t ili^il-.iy H o( fh-> yoar was llr.U of Che 3rd Toron< Troop which took !!.- on Ffebrmry 28 oiul Marcil, and which wiaa a ventable "Junior Cana- dian V.i.-. A-n .]o!ihir.i.:i ' A eg4B- didly unrangied (trize iir-r indicates that -there were 4ppartinent o< art, coUeotiona, d<Muoat)ic- actonce. elec- tricity, majis, manual training, mod- els, .pbotoenapb.}'. woodcraft and in- tot~troop comjwLlbon. Moat of Uie Toronto Diatxlwt troops were repre- sented in <Jhe emtry ISsta. MEASURING LAND FOR PLOWING. Wh/en plowiog does not follow rowed crops, difficulty is often exper- ienced in marking out the lands so that they are of uniform width throughout. A bettor method than pacing off the distances is to con- struct an A frame of light material. The 'bandit; at tho top makws the de- vice easier to mamipulate. The 'points are turwd forward, pivoting first on one, then on tlio other, us the user walks along. A cmt, m li(?;pt of th-o number of times tho frauio is tiurned and thus ;.lie dis- tance is mtas'ured. By making thf d-'atance between t* iwints ifive and on<?-haf;f feet, three turns niieosupe one rod. 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