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â-ºâ™¦â™¦â€¢â€¢â€¢â- â€¢ ••♦♦-♦< Gems of Peril By HAZEL ROSS HAILEY. »♦â- Â»-»•>•♦â- â™¦â€¢ * * •â- â™¦â€¢< • 9 • • 9 t < SYNOPSIS. Rich old Mm. JuplUr Ib robbed and Murdered during the entcagement party â- he gives for her sccretury, Mary Hark- lieiis. Mary'H Bca|>rgrace brother, ]£(ldle, waa to have bocn nilniltt«d at the murder hour. She tells her (lance, Dirk Ruyther, who arrariKes u renilezvou!) with the boy but osersleepK. Itowen, of The Star, drives Mary there, Kddie la run down â- nd killed ns he crosses the street. Bowen tells Mary there Is a racetiack gambler called The Kly to whom her brother oweil money. He gives Mary a coat he found In the Jupiter house the â- light of the murder, Jt Is her brother's. CHAPTEI XIV.â€" (Cont'd.) "But Kane's given up," Mary art'ued. "He thinks the .<«tme as you all do. That Eddie's guilty, or if he isn't, what diffcrenco docs it make? He's dead. But it makes a good deal of difference! To me! And to â€" Ed- die, even if he is dead and can't speak for hin^seif. He wa' a foolish kid, but he wasn't bad â€" not a murderer! I â- won't stand by and hear him called one. Havei.'t I the right to clear hh- name if 1 can?" The old man's eyes flashed. "The right to lose your young man, too, if you're not careful!" "I^sc Dirk? Why, what's that to do with it?" Mary asked aghast, Mr. Jupiter merely nodded wisely, "You'll see," he said. "No, I won't gay any more. It's his affair and jrours. You might be right, but you car't prove it, and you'll only do your- â- el; harm by stirring it up in the p«I ers again. Better not let on w Emily Ruyther you've been seeing that reporter again. She's trying her best to stop the talk, and you're keeping it gcing." "People are talking already. They don't know anything for sure, and that's why they're talking," Mary per- sisted. "As long as I live, the whi.?- perin,? will go on. Unless this is fol- lowed out to the bitter end, now, there'll always be a question mark hanging over my head. 'What wa-s that old story about her brother? Di-i Be kill a woman and rob a house, or something?' Nobody can prove it, but they'll believe the worst. Even if it's hushed up. Especially if it's hushed up, they'll think it's true!" "Rot People forget. They won't dare yap about you if the Ruythers are back of you. And I aim to leave you a penny or two, remember. You'll be able to snap your fingers at 'em, anyhow." Mary .shook her head stubbornly. "Nobody's going to stand sponsor lor me, least of all the Ruythers. And as long as you think â€" what you do about my brother, 1 can't take a cent from you. You see that, don't you?" "Don't be a fool." the old man burst out. "Nobody blames you. You're not much Hark.iess, anyway. You're more like your mother. But your bro- ther and his pa were two of a kind^ lull of wild schemes to get money without working for it. And they both ended up underground, and n-i wonder. You can't tell meâ€"" Mary jumped up, red spots burning in both cheeks. Before Jupiter could stop her â€" he was instantly sorry for his outburst â€" she had rushed from the room. When Dirk arrived she had bathed away the traces of tears and except lor a new quietness, a new determina- tion, in her manne;-, Dirk saw nothing amiss. They drew the shades against the rain, and sat a while before the fire, hand in hand, her head on his shoul- der, wordlessly happy. Mary wished that it might always be like this. She dreaded speaking, for sooner or later what lay between them must be dis- cussed. If only she and Dirk could b-; married right away and go away from everything and everybody for a while! But in the meantime, what of the man who killed Eddie? At this very minute he was alive somewhere, eat- ing, drinking, laughing, making love â€" she shuddered involuntarily and Dirk's arm tightened. "I called you but you weren't in " he said. Loverlike, his tone was faint- ly accusing. Mary stirred out cf his arms. With his words, the whole dis- turbing day came to life again. Well, better get it over. "I saw Kane," she said. "Anything new?" Dirk reached for A rigaret. "New â€" for me," Mary said wryly. "He told me the truth, for once." Dirk's look was startled. "What did he say?" "Why, jusl that the investigation is being dropped. Everyone seems to think EJdifc i> guilty," "I woul'in't say that exactly," Dirk laid evenly nfter a paus«. "Then why?" The worried look had lome into his •yes i.sjnin. Mary could have ta'<en him into her arms and smoothed it away, but she held herself aloof for his next words. "Don't you think yourself," he ask- «d, evading her eyes, "that it would be pleasant«r to keep your name out cf the headlines just now?" It was true ihc-n. Was he speaking for his mother, or hiinstlf' "I'm sorry if it annoys you," she taid stiffly. ISSUE No. 36â€" -32 "Don't be huffy," Dirk pleaded, drawing her back into the circle of his arm again. "You know whatever you do is all right with me, always. But other people have notions. Take mother, now," "I see," said Mary. "She's old school, you know, and any unpleasantness reflecting on the family name goes right to her pride. It's all foolishness, of course." "Then why do you cater to her?" "Because she's my mother, I guess." This should have been a clinching argument, Mary realized, but some- how it wasn't. "I have a duty, too, to the Hark- ncf. name, such as it is," Mary rt minded him. "I'm afraid I must se* it through. Dirk kissed her fingers tenderly, his lips lingering on her ringed third • iger. "Surely it's not necessary now," he teased gently. "A month more and youll be Mrs. Dirk Ruyther. Had you forgotten?" Mary hadn't. For several moments they were oblivious of everything but that unbeliuval-le fact, "You're not going to mind, are you, if Mr. Bowen and I follow up those clues he has?" Even as she recounted the news of the coat excitedly, she was aware that Dirk's manner had hardened suddenly, that he was de- litely angry .low. "Don't you know better," he said with measured, reproving accents, "than to talk to newspapermen?" "But surely," Mary asked, amazed, "Mr. Bowen's harmless! Why, he's done more io clear up the matter than anybody else â€" the police, or you, or anybody." "And why has he? For the sake of a story, that's why!" Stumblingly, Mary tried to defend her own estimate of Bowen, She felt that Dirk was unfair, but she did not ki ow how to refute his charges. "Society and millions and a pretty girl!" Dirk went on. "If that isn't a perfect comoinution for him, I don't know what is! And you let him dra^^ you into it all over again, j-iit when ve'd got it stopped!" "Oh, so you did stop it?" "I did. And it stays stoppod, if 1 have anything to say about it;" They faced each other, breathing hard. Mary had not dreamed they c( uld ever quarrel like this. "It is not over for me. It will never be over until I've found out what the truth is." Mary was shaking as she issued her ultimatum. Dirk snapped, "Very well. But don't see this man Bowe.i again." "I'll see him as often as it's neces- sary." "Thenâ€" good night." Dirk turnod on his heel and strode angrily to the door. CHAPTER XV. At the door Dirk turned back hesi- tantly. "Mother's expecting us for dinner. Can't we postpone talking about this until later?" Ho couldn't bear to quarrel, cither, his eyes said. "Of course," Mary replied, and got her wraps and followed. They were vory quiet on the way over and it was not until Dirk had tooled the little car up the abrupt, winding drivi and under 'he portico, and put on the brake, that he kissetl her quickly and said, "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, too," Mary had Jme to whisper before they went into the I ouse. It was an awful dinner. Every one v,as silent and depressed, except Cor- nelia and the girl, Ethel, who was inspired to unbelievable heights of kittenishness by the situation, of ttjich she apparently had full knowl- edge. That much was evidont in every twinkling glance she sent from Dirk to Cornelia to Mary, and back agi.in. Even "Mother Ruyther," as Cor- nelia ersisted in calling her, soon Loked as if she regretted her invita- tion and her thin, aristocratic nose be- gan to look a bit pinched at the nos- trils, as if she were holding in her feelings with an effort. As a matter of fact only consideration for Cor- nelia, to whom she wished to be kind, prevented her giving the blond chit a verbal spanking Dirk had said he was sorry, but his spirits did not ris<' with the knowl- edge of their having "made up," Mary noticed worriedly. He was quitt and abstracted during dinner and his conversation was confined chiefly to baiting the daring Ethel with a venom v'hirh passed right over her pretty yellow head. Mary was suffering an attack of irtense loneliness of spirit. Since she h;'.d rushed out of Mr. Jupiter's pres- ence to hide her tears at his remarks about her brother it had been coming •. And when Dirk turned co go, for one terrifying instant she had felt utterly alone in the world. Dirk had timed back, just in time to bring the breath back into her lungs jind set her heart to beating again. But that one instant had taught her a lesson. She had loved Dirk before, but never like this. Whatever she mu.ot do to keep him, she would do â€" lor if she )o6t him, nothing else mattered. (To be continued.) Weeds They trespass in my little garden plot, Heeding no law and I must toll for hours Destroying them, lest they Id turn destroy The fragile beauty of my cherish- ed flowers. Thev trespass In the garden of my life, And I, the gardener, must dally strive To banish these intruders that of- fend, That deeds of worth may flourish and survive. â€"Ann Carroll, in the Detroit News. Filling Stations for Horses Although gasoline stations are usually thought of as fllUng only auto- mobile tanks, there are exceptions. In New Orleans they are Hlling horses as well as tanks. To be sure, the filling in one case Is of water and Id the other of gasoline, but In both cases they are essential to keeping Lizzie (when the horse Is a mare) on the go. It Is a humanita- rian movement that easily might be adopted In other cities. Some of the larger manicipallties have watering stations tor horses, maintained by organizations devoted to the promotion of kindneas to ani. nials, but even these are usually few and far between. Gasoline stations are particularly well equipped and located to take care of horses need- ing water at practically no expense. It is doubtful if the horses, prejudic- ed as they may be against the auto- mobile, would object to drinking In the midst of a beautiful grovo of red, green, blue, or yellow gasoline pumps, so long as their waterers mado no effort to convince them of the superiority of any airplane grades of H20 or sought to prevail upon them to take a trial tankful of some prink product that would slake their thrlst for a couple of miles more than do the grades that spring from the public water supply. It was a happy thought on the part of the owners of the New Orleans gasoline stations. There are not enough horses nowadays plodding along the hard pavements to make the kindly action an Interference with "regular bu.slnesa." And If the Idea spreads, the stations are thick enough in almost every city to guar- antee a hors* a gratuitous drink on nearly every street corner. â€" The Christian Science Monitor. .J. Argentina Opens 283-Mile Railway Suraampa, Argentina.â€" The longest railway line completed this year in the western hemisphere was opened recently across northern Argentina, along the ancient trail blazed from Lima to Buenos Aires by Spanish priests and merchants In 1771. The new broad-gauge line Is 283 miles long and affords a short cut from Tucuman, sugar-producing cen- ter, to the commercially Important city of Cordoba, seat of the oldest uni- versity In the New World, and thus to Mendoza in the Andean foothills, capi- tal of the largest wine-growing center In South America. The Central Argentine Railway be- gan construction of the route In 1927. The cost was 112,000,000, and from 2000 to 5000 men were employed, A golden spike signalizing the comple- tion of the road was driven recently Into a tie at a point near the Rio Sola- dlUo, at a ceremony attend d by pro- vincial and railway ofllciuls Ottawa.â€" Of the population of Can- ada 46.3 per cent are rural dwellers and B3.7 per cent reside In urban centres. Ten years ago the propor- tions were 50.5 per cent rural and 49.5 per cent urban. The largest pro- portion of rural population is found In Prince Edward Island, where the country residents represent 76.8 per cent. Dam Ameliorates Flood Conditions Glenmore Dam on Elbow River Near Calgary, Al- berta, Prevented Seri- ous Flooding Ottawa.â€" In 1931 the City of Calgary commeuced the construction of a stor- age dam on the Elbow River at Glen- more, Alberta, in connection with its water supply. This dam is nearing completion and it is interesting to note, according to the Dominion Water Power and Hydrometrlc Bur- eau, Department of the Interior, that it contributed substan'.ally to the amelioruMon of flood conditions along the Elbow River in Calgary on the oc- casion of the flood at the beginning of June, At the beginning of the flood very little water was iu storage above the dam but, during the flood, storage was built up by impounding a con- siderable proportion of the How and thereby cutting down the quantity of water which would otherwise have passed the dam. The level of the re- servoir rose nearly 31 feet between 11 p.m. on June 1 and 9 a.m. June 3, and the flow into the reservoir rose to over 25,000 cubic feet per second, but the flow past the dab. at no time ex- ceeded 11,300 cubic feet per second. The storage provided at Glenmore undoubtedly prevented very serious flood damage In Calnary for it Is cal- culated that without this storage the peak of the flood would have been more than five feet higher than the previous maxium of 1929 when much damage was done. With the flood height two feet lower than In 1929 the damage resulting was small. Interesting Forestry Publication Ottawa. â€" Forest Service Bulletin 80, entitled "British Columbia Softwoods, Their Decays and Natural Defects," has recently been Issued by the For- est r.'oducts Laboratories of Canad... Department of the Interior, Ottawa. This bulletin deals with the charac- teristics, properties, and uses of Pa- cific Coast softvoods, ^nd In language as non-technical as possible describea the various fungi t" which these woods are susceptible ,as well as the effects of insects and marine bore-s. A chapter on the anatomy and physiol- ogy of a tree assist., the reader in fol- lowing the descriptions of the methods of attack of these fungi, borers, and Insects, and the necessary preventive measures to be taken to ensure the proper durability of the different woods. The author draws attention to the enormous waste of timber re- sources through the decaying ofwood, and lists various antiseptics and pre- servatives found beneficial. Sixty il- lustrations, many of them coloured, add to the interest of the text and help to identify the results of fungus, insect, and marine borer attacks. Grain of Fifth Century Dug Up in Hungary Grains of wheat and rye, which must be at least 1500 years old, were recent- ly discovered by excavators working at Budakalasz, near the Hungarian capital. Here an outwork ol the line of Dan ube fortifications erected by the Em- peror Valentinian for the protection of the Province of Pannonia was being unearthed by local archaeologists, and the grains were found iu excellent con- dition, mixed with ashes, in one of the watchtowers. Sees Peril in Adolescent Age Philadelphia â€" The twilight ago for youth â€" those years betweeu adoles- cence and a permanent settled jobâ€" tonstltutes * a danger zone which breeds crimes and criminals. So de- clared Lieutenant Colonel Samuel O. Wynne, who recently retired from the directorship of the Bureau of In- dustrial Alcohol Permits, after spend- ing thirty-two years in the public service. it delicious (Hurtle Salada, Toronto, for txctlltni rccipt) ut Canadian Notes Toronto Ont.â€" The Toronto Indus- trial Cofnmlsslon announces the start of another new industry In the cityâ€" the manufacture of gut and silk strings for racquets and musical instruments. H. Schlndler & Com. pany, Boston, .Massachusetts, are forming a Canadian subsidiary, the Schlndler Company of Canada, to manufacture these products for the Dominion market. Operaliooa should begin shortly and the new company will be the only one manufacturing gut and silk strings in Canada. Mr. Carl Schlndler will be in charge of the Toronto plant. Toronto, Ont.â€" An additional con- tract In connection with Toronto's duplication of Its water system, a J14,000,000 undertaking. Is expected to be let within a few weeks. The new work to be undertaken Is the building of the filtration plant at Victoria Park. Construction Includes an administration building of con- crete, steel and brick; a reinforced concrete covered reservoir of 12- 000,000 gallons capacity, and two row's of 20 concrete filter bed?, each 68 feet by 35 feet. Hamilton, Ont. â€" The Pure Milk Company of Hamilton Is undertaking a $150,000 building and Improvement program at its Hamilton plant, ac- cording to Mr. W. H. Forster, gen. eral manager. The expansion pro- gram will Include a new and larger addition, remodelling of the present plant with a new front and the In- stallation of the most modern dairy equipment. Fort William. Ont. â€" The lobln Hood Mills have contracted with the Thunder Bay Harbor and Improve- ment Company for the construction of a dock and warehouse on the 'louth bank of the Kamlnlstiquia River in the vicinity of the Patcrson eleva- tors. Work win start at^once on the driving of piles tor the dock, which will be 250 feet long. Winnipeg, Man.â€" The Agricultural Bureau of the Winnipeg Board of Trade report that they have been as- sured cf a market lor all the soy beans that can be grown In the Pro- vince of Manitoba. Dr. G. P. Mc- Rostie, of the Manitoba Agricultural College, has been conducting experi- ments tor the past year and his final report on the results Is expected shortly. The soy bean contains oil that can be used for lubricating pur- poses; other ingredients can be made into glue, and the residue Into cakes for feeding cattle, besides many other uses. Winnipeg, Man. â€" The fisheries of the Prairie Provinces in 1931 were valued at $1,909,040, nearly all the commercial catch being sold for con- sumption fresh. Manitoba came first with an output In 1931 of $1,241,575; Saskatchewan second with $453,056, and Alberta third with $184,859. Pro- duction of the Yukon Territory fisheries was valued at $29,550. The total quantity oi fish of all kinds caught in the three provinces and the Territory In 1931 was 291 147,000 pounds. Estevaii, Saskâ€" Visitors to the re- cent Estevaii Exhibition took occa- sion to visit the Estevan greenhouses Set New Endurance Record In the pcturesque Souris valley, one mile out of town. These, the larg- est greenhouses In the province, com. prise two modern, heated, steel frame houses 250 feet long with an area of 25,000 sq-iare feet under glass Here are to be fohnd cut flowers, flower- ing plants, funeral designs, bedding plants and vegetables. Regina. Sask. â€" Saskatchewan's creamery butter production for the first six months of 1932 is 405,934 lbs. ahead of the record output for last year Comparative figures are_ for six months to June 30, 1932, 9,. 038,489 lbs.; for six months to June 30, 1931, 8,632,555 lbs.; June produc- tion this year was 2,895,070 lbs., com- pared with 2,484 736 lbs., last year for the same month, an increase of 1C.5 per cent. Thj total Increase for the year to date is 4.7 per cent. Moose Jaw, Sask.â€" The estimated number of egg-producing hens in Saskatchewan in 1931 was 5,325,283, according to a report of the Moose Jaw Board of Trade. The number of eggs produced was 42,602,264 doz. en and the value of the eggs, $4,260,- 230. Saskatchewan consume''. 27,441 - 896 dozen eggs in 1931, and as Is pro- duction was 42,602,264 dozen, there was available for export 15,160,368 dozen. Saskatoon, Sask.â€" That farmers are interested In a careful study of their farm business Is shown uy the fact that, since the farm management de- partment of the University of Sas- katcliewan first published their fam inventory bojk in 1926, there have been over 5,000 Inventory blanks sent out to farmers on request. While the supply has now been e.xhansted a further issue is being reprinted and these will shortly be available for distribution. Testing White Whales An attempt to discover the com- mercial possibilities of tlie whlta whales that are particularly numer- ous In Hudson Bay, Is now being made. A shipment of .seven whales has been brought from Churchll! to Winnipeg by the Canadian National Railways, and if the oil content ol these mammals is found to be sulfi. ciently high it is probable that a re^ finery will be established at Churc- hill and the West will gain a new in- dustry. Although the tanning pro- cess is rather diSicult, it is said that the skin of these whales make good leather. The whales weigh about 1,500 pounds each. TWO OF A KIND Two fellows were playing a ding- dong golf match, into the exciting spirit of which even the caddies had entered. Going to the last hole all square, one man sliced badly while the other had an equally wild pull. The first man found himself in a jungle. His first niblick shot raised a huge divot and moved the ball about six feet. Ha took turf with his second effort also, but got the ball well away. "By the way," he said, as he re- placed the second divot, "what hai>- pened to the other clod?* "Oh," said the caddie, "he's play- ing six out of a bunker." I.K)uise Tbaden, left, and Frances^Iarsalla, stayed up In the air over Valley Field, L.I.. in a plane 196 hours, broke the women's endurance flight reroid, and then came down and had a feed of corn on the cob. Which la a Just reward, It you ar« a com addict. Such Is Life. The aproned figure at the sink gaz. ed sadly at the accumulation of plates and dishes, pots and pans. Was this all that marriage meant? A heavy sigh a rolling up ot sleeves, and the' kitchen was soon filled with the clatter ot washing and scouring. The toiler paused from time to time to listen to the steady thrash of a typewriter in the next room.. Suddenly the noise ceased, and a large, spectacled woman, lofty ot brow, appeared in the doorway. "Hercules, darling," she said, ad- dressing the little man. "I never can remember â€" do you spell 'cave nian' with or without a hyphen?" "" ONE OF MANY "Have you seen Grey lately?" ask- ed Mr. Brown when ho met Free- man on the morning business train. "No," replied Freenman; "but I heard that he was engaged in re- search work." "What the dickens Is he research. Ing for?" Inquired Brown, puzzled. "Work," came the reply. -»- The teacher told the chiUlien about the Garden of Eden, and how Adam and Eve had disobeyed after being forbidden to eat the fruit of one tree. "Now, children," she srid, "can any- one tell me what lessou that teaches us?" "Yes, miss, replied a small boy. "Eat less fruit." I-