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Gems of Peril By HAZEL ROSS UAILSY. SYNOPSIS. Mary Harknrss plnt!< tn rutoh Th^ b''ly, whom ahc bcMfves "frunied" her brothr«r, EddlT, with Ihe murdrr of old Mra. Ja- filer, and UiUr kill, i hini lo kf*i> him rom t&lklns. She is aided by Ilnwen u( The Star. Uruc« Jupiter, aburnt many years, re- turns from Europe with a «'unian friend. His father orders him out and inakm Mary hia heir. Uruce swears to rout Mary. Mary's flanre, Dirk Ruylhrr. for- klds her to continue the Invcstlvatlun. He tella Mary that people are reix-nttnK Bruce's charces, and says that If ><:><.â-  Koes to MInml on the Jupller .vutht he will also t>«lleve them. Mary cues and meets Oount 1><^ Uoin.i, owner of The Kly's horse. She promises to danre with Mm at a hotel fet â- . CHAPTER XXX.- (ContM.) Mary &iiriie<L "You oight to let me «t«ke you," she insitU-d. "It's my war yt/u're fighting. Mr. Jupi'^cr'B, too. He'd insist on p«yin« your expenses, if he kn«w." "Forffct it, Bowon ord«re<l curtly. "We'll get the picture. I'll wait in the street till you and the others con\* otit Vou tip me off to which one is her, and bing! We'll snap Her High- neta' picture that way. AtiJ -K-ell do it tomorrow." They left it at that. Mary folt she must get back before her absence was discovered. She was resolved Bowen should come to the party. His pres- ence would steady her. He promised to telephone her next day and hear r.hat finaJ arr;<,ngements had been made for The Fly's reception on board the Gypsyâ€" if he could be lured ftboord. Back in the Ambassador lobby she turned aside for a. minute at the magazine stand. Suddenly the smooth ftow of a familiar voice hn^'..- her lift k«r head with a start. Not ten feet •way, with their backs townrd her, th« Countess and Dc Loma cnt close together on a mulberry velvet lounge. CHAPTER XXXr. Mary walked sv.-iftly to the eleva- te r and breathed a sigh of deep relief when the operator closed the door and started the car upward. Almoet immediately she was sorry, though. Why hadn't she concealed herself and tried to catch at least a word of what was passing between those two? It might be of tremendous importance to heir plans. If the Coun- tess guessed, or if Bruce had broken his promise and told her th.> purpose of this trip, might she not pa-in! the information on to De Ixjma? Well, it was on the lap of the prods. Whatever was happening down there would have to happen. When Mary awoke ne:tt morning the hot Florida sun was streaming in her window and the telephone at her elbow was ringing madly. It was nearly 10 o'clock. "Aren't you ever oomiivg dowTi?" Louise's half-soolding tonos reverber- ated in the telephone. "We go to ride along th« Jungle Trail and up the coast for lunch. Hurry!" "Don't wait lor me," Mary told he.r coolly. "I shan't go this time." "Oh, but. " Quite evidently the other wa-s not prepared for refusal. Khe did not know what M say next. She could not command. Yot she knew quite well that so far Bruce had managed to thwurl the girl's ♦very effort to be alon<>. She must have turned to Bruce for .Mary heard a low voiced colloquy. Then Bruce spoke, cimxingly: "Surely you're not gr^ing to spend this gor- geous day in befl. Come along! Dad'.s anxious t/> get started!" "Not I," Mary rejoitied niiflu-sU'rod. "I have an ap:>ointment with the heir- dreaser, I'll just stay here and loaf." It wa/i pleasant to go (lo\\"n (c breakfast alon4'. The dining room was cool and dark and hles«e<lly empty. Early bathers had breakfaste*! and gone. Ami it vsas too early for lunch. Apparently she was the only lazy- bones in the hottl. Soothing jiLsl ti> be alone not to bo suiToundfd by people one I<>athe<i, or f«'are<l, or <le. pis«yl, ju,<(t |»iti«L Delightful to relajc, not to have fo keep up the complex game of pre- tense that she had had t.-> play, sleep- ing and waking, for so many U>nrie, unhappy day" ..f late, Kor the time being, sh«' wa'- fii'tti of the ache f«>r '«»Sl'P No. 2â€"33 Uirk, even. Peace, like a narcotic, numbed all her senses temporarily. Someone stood in the door>»i-ay, look- ing about. She looked up and saw him wr.ve away the headwaitcr and come toward htr. Her faint annoy- ance at the entrance of another diner into her enchanted solitude thar>g«d to pleased surprise when she saw it was George Bowen. "Aren't you taking a risk in coming here?" she asked. It would not be well is they were seen together, but she did not seem to worry. "Safe as a church," he returned. "I met your gang starting out for somewhere in a big Lorimor car." Mary almoet dropped her fork. "Ix>rimor!" Bowen eyed her in surprise. "Sure! Big Lorimor limousine. Why, you don't thinkâ€"" "Nothin'g," Mary answered "It's probably a private taxi, and I don't suppose J. J. noticed what make of car it was. It just reminde:' me of something Dirk told me â€" " She repeated to him what had seem- ed so suspicious to Dirk â€" that the nmnufacturer of Jupiter motor cars should buy a liorimor car and keep it in hiding. At least, not even the members of his household knew that he had it. Bowen frowned over that for a few minutes. "By George," he cxcliJmed, "1 never would have thought of that! Maybe the old boy's slyer than we think â€" " He shook his head, dis- carding the suspicion, "No, I don't believe it." "Neither do I," Mary agreed, re- lieved to have some one back up her confidence in Jupiter. "Keep it in mind, though," Bowen a<ivised, as one who believed in thor- oughness and efficiency. "Now, what'.i on the books for today?" "Just waiting for tonight, mostly,' Mary said shivering. "I must find out what kind of costumes will be de rigeur at the party and find myself one. And here's something else â€" " Gone was her peaceful interlude, as last night's fresh worry recurred to mind. She told Bowen of seeing De Loma and the Counteas I/>uise in clorc and animated conversation in the lobby, when the lattei' was sup- posed to be in bed with a severe hradache. "You don't suppose she knows this so-called pleasure trip is really a hunt for The Fly? You don't suppose she's told him?" Bowen's usuj.Jy placid b.ow took on some real cori-ugations. He was obviously more worried than he would admit. "Well, I know a quick way to find out," he .said, and got up. Presently he returned with the information, "He's checked out. Ijast nightâ€" late," And sat down heavily. Despair took him 'n hand for a moment, and shook him as a eat shakes a rat. "You don't suppose that she-cat of Bruce'g has given the show away?" he 1. caned. "Woman or not, I'll poke her in the nose, if .she has! I swear 1 will! I've followed that bird this far. Lut this is no round-the-world crui.se," He writhed »ilently for a minute. "No, I'll tell you what it is," he said presently. "He had to get out anj-ttmy. This is no free flophouse and iie'.s. down lo his last thin dime. Probably just saying goodbye- talk ing over old times a bit. Didn't you say he and the C/ountes* wei*. pretty thick once upon a time?" he added hopefully. "There's something between them," Mary a.surcd him. "He's probably been hoi- lover at some time or olhei-. Ye*, it might have been that- only that." She trie<i to believe herself. "Well, then 1 supi>os<' my date for to- night in cancelled . , ," It .was hard to say whether disappointment or ro- lief wa.s hor principal reaction to this thought. ''But he .Kaid it so firmly - -Til Ix' there!' An if he'd swim riveri and climb mountains and that sort of thing, you know," "I'rolxibly ju»l hi." line, meant U> iinpres.s yiHi," Bowen said. "Still, I'll liet lie .shows up. The necklace is his bpFt bet, now. .Anyhow, you'tl better be there with bells on, in raw ho does c int." A beJIboy insinuateil him.self into the I'onversalion at this point, with a nM>«snge from the rocmi clerk. "The <-l«n-k says to tell you he wa."* luihtjiken about tlie matter you just a*ke<l alK.ut," he told Bowen, "The man ilid iheck out of IVrloi- C but later he came over and paid hi« bill ajul look another room. It's No, 802 if you want to re«ch him, sir. Thank you, sir." When Uie boy had depHited, en- lightenment rented on the facw of thoM w^m he had juat. \tt\. "I/ooka like the girl friend !tUke<l him," Bowen mused "Now, why Would At> do that? He mual have been her Big Moment at. lome titnr or other. Ur maybe ahc hiul to do it to keep hi* mouth xhut Maybe atiy thing. We don't nc«d to worry about it. We'll know all about It «ff uf th«>iie day*." He took i n«n.ret »n4 »vali*<l htik lii» chair. "Well our time may be short. We'd belter get busy, I want to buxz arcund ar.d borrow that trick cameca and get a picture of the Ountess if Z can. H we can get sonie dirt on her maybe- we can scare her with it. How're you. gcing to work it to get The Fly on k>oard the Gypsy tonight? Have you ar.y idea?" "None at all" Mary confessed. What I'm afr.iid of is that I won't get a chance to talk to Mr. Jupiter first. He's off now for the day and Bates with him. What if we need extra men? Bates will be with me but there ought to be anoth>.r secret service man at the affair whom De Loma doesn't know. I wonder. . . ." Here the same bellboy hovered about again: "Are you Miss Mary Harkness?" Startled, Mary assented. "Gentleman in the lobby to see you." "I'll go--you stay here," Mary whispered to Bowen. Bowen noddcl. "Don't worry about me. I'll go take a look at the kitchen if I can't get out any other way." Mary followed the bellboy, her limbs qtiaking treacherously. The outstretched legs, garbed in white linen, were uncommunicative. As she came face to face witn the man in the chair, who rose swiftly to meet her, her relief was almost equal to her puzzlement. He was not, as she had feared, De Ix>mia, but a stranger. Try as she would, from a quick scanning of the g>od-looking, sunburned face, she could not recall ever having seen the man before in her life. (To be continued.) r» Dinnertime In Java Margaret HoUoway, writing in Overseas Magazine of Javanese food, says: "In Java I had the biggest meal I ever enjoyed. Seated at a large table 20 odd Javanese waiters silently bear down on us, carrying shoulder high groaning dishes of food. As a foun- dation, I take my share of the moun- tain of rice, then porticos of Java rooster submerged in a sea of curry sauce. Now a taste of the vegetable dishes as the 'boys' file past in quick succession â€" cabbage, beans, young corn, and many others, 'This nice, Mem," said the bearer of the heart of a coconut palm, (earing I may over- look that delicacy. Then liver, min- ced meat, sausage, small fish, 'Ikan kering,' delicious prawns, and a fried egg to crown the formidable plate- ful. Beware ot the man now stand- ing at your side and take sparingly of the biting pounded chiles, hot chutn):;,' and highly flavored ancbo- vies, grated coconut, and 'hell-fire sauce.' And still they come with further additions to the feast, which etiquette demands to be placed on one's small plate. Rumor has it that the Chinese duck's eggs have been buried for 20 years, but their pres- ent piquant flavor soon overcomes any question of their past. Stuffed scarlet peppers, salted monkey nuts, fried bananas, 'krocboeks' the end Is in sight a stick ot pork 'sateh' and a wedge of '.â- ooUng, refre- shing cucumber as the last 'boy' leaves my side, 'The Mem has enough?' asks an attentive waiter." A Mother's Love Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship (all; A mother's socrpt hope outlives theui nil. - Holmes. LEVITY There is always somt levity, even In excellent minds; they have wings to rise, and also to stray. â€" Joubert. Latest Findings Of Science Judging Distance of Stars â€" Tasting By Electricity Th-i New York Time* publish^-d last week an enthusiastic endorsement by Professtr Harlow Shapley of Harv- ard College Observatory of the work which Professor Joel Stebbins has been doing in judging the distances if stars. "Judging" is the only word that can be used. Measurement by surveyor's methods is out at the ques- tien when stars are so remote that there is no apparent shift in their positions in che cour:e of centuries because of their staggering distance. There is nothing for it but to judge distance by brightness. In this field Stebbins has made an international reputation for himself. Wher. the intrinsic luminosities of nearby stars of known distance have been determined, a yardstick, based on light, is at the disposal of the astron- omer. Thereby he can gauge the re- moteness of stars of t'ne same lumin- ous type. Thus, if on > star of a given color and brightness is known to be fifty light-years away, ft follows that a star of the same color but of only half the brightness must be four times as fa. away, since the brightness 'if any light falls off as the square of the distance. By carefully measuring the brightness of stars with the photo- electric cell Professor Stebbins has laid down the probable distances of many stars with what is regarded as a high degree of accuracy. EFFECT OF DUST IN SPACE Recent studies by Professor Steb- bins have coivinced him that there is an absorbing medium, probably dust, in space. "Jast as the setting sun appears red because the amount of air we look through near the hori- ztn is greater than the amount through which we look wi.en sun is overhead, so '^o the stars at.d clusters near the central line of the Milky Way appear reddened," explains Pro- fessor Stebbins. Because of this dust or gas in space, he reaches the con- clusion that the distances of come ob- jects, sich as globular clu:;te^-s, are only a quarter as far off as astron- omers supposed they were. At right angles to Oie Milky Way, where there are fewer stars and where we can see better out in the open, the obscrption of light is not nearly so marked, so that the old distances need be correct- ed by only 10 per cent Dr. Shapley is a specialist on>^e size of the universe. He has devot<^ years to a study of the subject a^: has laid out a program of researcSft'^"^?^' for Harvard which can be carried out only in many years more. In his eyes the results and the technique of Pro- fessor Stebbins are of the highest im- portance in carrying out the Harvard program. ELECTRICAL TASTING. While he was sitting at luncheon in the Westinghouse Laboratory in East Pittsburgh, Pa., it flashed on R. C. Hitchcock that an ordinary apple is acid and that the acid must have some electrical response, Out of sheer curiosity he inserted the two dissim- ilar pins of a very, senRitive recording meter into an apple. "I got the shock of my life when the meter began to register," he says. "I immediately conducted the same experiment on an orange and a lemon with the same astonishing results." Physicists will of course realize that Hitchcock had extended the dis- covery which Volta made 130 years ago and which ended in the invention of the battery. The two dissimilar pins ^ere simply the poles of a bat- Famous Runner Now Proud Father ORANGE PEKOE BLEHD SALAM TEA. "FrcfK from tKe G«rden$" tery, and the acid juice of the fruit the solution, or electrolyte. It needed a very sehsitlvi meter to register the feeble electrical currents thus gener- ated. Fortunately Hitchcack had been working on a meter to measure the minute currents that flow in the photoelectric cells used in sound mo- tion picture projectors and in televi- sion. With an intrument tliat could rccorJ one millionth of an ampere, or about one-tenth the wing-powtr of an ordinary house fly, it became possible tn t«st fruits. Testing in this case is more accur- ate than tasting. There is a distinct relation between aciJity nrd flavor. With accurate charts of the current generated by the most luscious fruits and by the best foods with rn acid content, possibly the whole system of testing and simpling will be revolu- tionized. A. fruit with a S')ur taste his a high eiectrical reading, while a sweet fruit will register f«,w micro- a--peres. It is even possible that, with fui- ther development, patients will no longer exhibit their tonii-ea to the doctor. The prongs of the electrical instrument will be placed in the mouth and the acid content of the saliva of the tongue will be recorded on a meter. HOW THE UNIVERSE BEGAN It was at the 1931 meeting of the British Association for the Advance- ment of Science that *n .Abbe Georges Lemaitre promulgatcj a new theory to account for the beginning of this expanding universe, th; cosmic rays and a few other mysieries that are uppermojk in the m.nds of pi ysicists. The theory was briefly presented in this department soon after it was announced. Apparently it did not make nearly the impression that its ingenuity merite.'. So the Abbe has been presenting it again in Anieriean universities. Lemaitre ac- cepts the expacding universe as an astronomical fast, because of. the dis- that the outermost rebulae are 1 --hing away with the explo.nve speed o â-  12,000 miles a second. This expan- sion began not less than 1,400 or more thai. 2,000 millions of years ago. It U certain, however, that the ttais are much older. Here we have a dis- crepancy that relativists and physi- ci--t • have been trying to reconcile. .'he Abbe asks to imagi.-ie the uni- verse beginning in an extraordinary i torn. It had more weight than any b'tar, and it was more fiercely radio- active than radium. "The whole uni- verse would be produced by the dis- integration of this primeval atom," Bsys the Abbe. A world fu". of radia- tion transforms itself into matter, which it does by condensing into stars. The original atomic stai ?oon ac- i'.ired an atn.osphere. .After that its more highly penetrating rays were ii-'prisoned. We seen in the cosmic rays that puzzle physicists those that escaped in the first place. The Abbe bids us also look for othei produv'ts of primeval disintegration, such as fas 'ccta rn/s (electro': <), all'h.t pn:- tivles and even rays sth â- - .disccver^l. Accordir.g to this '~ jTj the uni- verse has not beer ::t>snding at .i constant rate. In fa-:. ;t is only % invoking some juch supposition that :t is possible to account f -r ,turs piu,-.'^ older than the univer-ze it:»j consti- tute.â€" Waldcmai Kt.-- :pft'ert ir.' Ti.t N.Y. Times. Say This of Horses Across the ages •.::«.. some Uiiim- (ierlng On faithful hoofs, tse Sorses m?.<i disowns. Their velvet eyes are wSia with won- Uerlag; They wbinny dowc trie wind in =:: ver tones Vibrunt with all t!i€ oj^i-js of o ! wars; Their iio.itrils ijuive.- r-ith the auni mer scent Of grasses In deep flelda tit by pali stars Hung in a wide and lilent arma- ment. And In their hearts i.-.t> keep Liie dreams o( earth Their patient ploddiLs furrowed tc the 6un Unnumbered springs Dtfore the eu gine's birth Doomed them to scLt^es? and o\> llvion. Across the swift new <ay I watck them go Driven by wheel una <ear and tly namo. Say this of 'uorses; esgiaes leave ye hind No glorious legacy cf waving mace: And wild proud hearts, euJ heels be fore the wind. No heritage of ancient Arab strain! Blazes within a cylinder's cold spark: An engine labors with a sullen fire Hoarding no dreams of acres sweei and dark; No love for man has ever surgec through wire! Along the farthest slopes I hear th« rumble Ot these last hoofsâ€" tomorrow tiie.» will be still; Then shall the strength of countlesi horses crumble The stanchest rock end level lh« highest hill; And man who made mschines to gain an hour Shall lose himself before their ruth less power. â€"Minnie Hite Moody, In The Na lion. â- 'Well, Jake, did you t'oUow my ad- vice and buy two pairs ot trouaen with your new suit?" "It was â-  good idea, but when I began to thlak It over I realized that two pair* ci trousers would keep my legs tOt warm." _j Power is never a good thing vi less he is good who has it. In some things. Paaro Nunni Is as slow aa can be. Recently th* ramoua nmner b*cam« a provd father and did he spread the news abontr H* did not. A month aft»r the event he posed with Mrs. >l«nal and the youngeter Get ma of That SORE THROAT! Any little soreness in the throat grows rapidly worse if neglfotcd. Crush some tablets of Aspirin in some water, and gargle at once. ThU gives you instant relief, and reiluces danger from infection. (.)ne gootl gargle and you can feel safe. If all soreness is not gone promptly, repeat. There's usually a cold with the sore thrvtat, so laVe l*o tablets to throw off your cold, headache, stiffness or other tx>ld ijinptoms. .44>irin relieves neuralgia, neuritis, toa I'se it ficrly; it does not hurt the heart ASPIRIN TnAOV-MANK niO. INCANAVA