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is: :> 9- V If^MURDER^H/SElMlDR » ;^JK b^ Agatha Christie SYNorSlS. On u bUuk Hiigll!*)! whileiV Mftcrnoon. 1 party of m-lKlilmiH, kh<I>''''>'<1 »' '''^ loiiie of Mis. \\'lllt-li aiiU lur dmnililir. ^'Iiilrl. In the %IIImu<' >•{ Slltufoiil, liini'-a I.) tHiili' tlpiiinK f<»r umiiNtfiiwni Thry vvcrt hIaiileU « lull <in«' of Ih« 'liptill' iii(i«iiK»s stattd Ciiiiiulii Tit'velyiin liail !i«uij muril' rcil. MiijiT Hurii"l>> IniilKttil uiiiin liain)>liiK <>>« xl" miles tlii'uuKl> ^nr)u, untl Tfuntl l)lH frierul de.'.il on tli<- lliHir, till' rtioin In ilixcnler. He hail 1«<< n fclruck 'in Ihi- Ix'iiil with u k''*'! halxt- lube. Th<- cloi.iH «trf lookni. but a Kr«noh winrtow «a» "ii^n. Iiinin-cti.r Narracott rtlxrovjri'cl it hail nol bven forcvil. It liHd lii'tn Hhut and then »i|illntrrfd Iroiii Ili«- '•ulKldt lo givf Ji the :i|ii>iariini I- of foriiiig. CHAPTER III;â€" (Cont'd.) "It's ;. rum busincfs," said Seigfant Pollock, his fye wanderiiiK to the lit- tcrod floor. "All thi.'; burglary fake!" "It's not that that ctrikcs mo as oild," said Nnrracott. "Under the cir- rumstames it was probably the na- tural thintr to do. No â€" what strike-^ me as odd is tho window." "The window, sir?" "Yes. Why should the murdert?r po to the window? AssuminR it wa!' someone Trtvelyan knew and admit- ted without question, why nol go to the front door? To ftet round to this window from the road on a night like last nipht would have been a difficult »nd unpleasant proceedinp with the snow lying as thick as it docs. Yet, ihere niupt have been some reason." They found Evans .waiting in the ilininK room. He rose respectfully on their entrance. He was a short thick-set man. He had very long arms and a habit of (tandini; with his hands half clench- wl. He was clean shaven with small. r:'.ther piglike eyes, yet he had a look of cheerfulness and efficiency that re- iBeemed hir, buUdoif appearance. Inspector Narracott mentally labu- latx-d his impressions. "IntelliKent. Shrewd and practical. Looks rattled." Then he spoke: "You're Evans, eh?" "Yes, sir." "Christian names?" "Robert Henry." "Ah! Now what do you know about this business?" "Not a thing, sir. It's fair knocked m« over. To think of the Capting being done in!" "When did you last s«e your nias- !«r?" "Two o'clock I should say it was. tir. I cleared away the lunch things and laid the table here as you see for supper. The Capting, he told me as I needn't come back." "What do you usually do?" "As a general rule, I come back about seven for a couple of hours. Not always â€" sometimes the Capting would say as I needn't." "Then yuu weren't surpri.sed when he told you that yesterday yo'.i wouldn't be wanted again?" ' . "No, sir. I didn't come back the evenin"g before either â€" on account of the weather. Very considerate gentle- man, the C!apting was, as long as you didn't try to shirk things. I knew him and hi.s ways pretty well." "What exactly did he say?" "Well, he looked out of the window and he says, 'Not a hope of Burnaby today.' '.Shouldn't wonder,' he says, ^if Sittaford isn't cut off altogether. Don't remember such a winter since I was a boy.' That was his friend Major Burnaby over to Sittaford that he was referring to. Always comes on a Friday, he does, he and the Cap- ling play chess and do acrostics. And on Tuesdays the Capting would go to Major Burnaby's. Very regular in his habits was the Capting. Then he Raid to me: 'You can go now, SIvans, and you needn't come till tomorrow morning'." ".Apart from his reference lo Ma- jor Burnaby, he didn't speak of ex- peiting anyone that afternoon?" "No, sir, not a word." "There was nothing unusual or dif- ferent in any way in his manner?" "No, sir, not that I could see." "Ah! Now I understand, Evans, that you have lately got married." "Yes, sir. Mrs. Belling's (faughter tt the Three Crowns. Matter of two months ago, sir." "And Captain Tievclyan was not •verpleased about it." A very faint grin a]>pcai'ed for a moment on Evans' face. "Cut up rough ul)out it, he did, the Capting. My Rebecca is a fine girl, nr, and a very good c<M)k. And I llEped we might have been able to dn Jor the Capting together, but he he wouldn't hear uf it. Said he wouldn't t«ve women servanLs about his house. Jh fact, sir, things were rather nt .i deadlock when thi.i South African )ady <amc along and wanted to take Smokers, Attention! kci\ It our appreclalinn for ynur vhIiiciI trderx. Your response to our pii'vloii-. tAx. waa very icrHlifylnK We nie slill krixiou!) lo supply you Willi Worfolk Inuitan (Favorite lilend). SmuKe thr be»t »n>e money. Forward $1.00 to addronB Irelow and Wi> will immediately send ynu 4 I'ucknRis 1-6 lb. each. Smoking Tobacco. .Stale whether f.- rigari-tie or Plpiv .t»ln ilie rankH of uji ^aii^'ti-d smi'iIumk fii-iplH. Almoor Tobacco Company 33i Bay St., Toronto. ISSUE No. 24â€" '33 Sittaford House for the winter. The Captain he rented this place, I came in to do for him every day, and I don't mind telling you, sir, that I had been hoping that by the end of the winter the Capting would have come round to the idea; and that me and Kebecca would go back to Sittaford with him. Why, he would never even know she was in the hou.<e. She would keep tj the kitchen, and she would manage so that he would never meet her on the stairs." "Have you any idea what lay be- hind Captain Trevelyan's dislike women?" "Nothing lo it, sir. Just an 'abit, sir, that's all. I have seen many a gentleman like it before. If you ask me, it's nothing more or less than shyness. Some yong lady or other gives them a snub when they are young~and they gets the 'abit." "Captain Trevelyan was not mar- ried?" "No, indeed, sir." ' "What relations had he? Do you know?" "I believe he had a sister living at Exeter, sir, and I think 1 have heard him mention a nephew or nephews." "None of them ever came to see him?" •No, sir. 1 think he quarrelled witii his sister at Exeter." "Do you know her name?'' "(lardner, I think, sir, but I wouldn't be .sure.'' "You don't know her address?" "I'm afraid I don't, sir." "Well, doubtless we shall come across that in looking through Cap- tain Trevelyan's papers. Now, Evans, what were you yourself doing from four o'clock onwards yesterday after- noon?" "I was at home, sir." "Where's home?" "Just round' the corner, sir, 85 Fcs'i Street." "You didn't go out at all?" "Not likely, sir. Why, the snow was coming down a fair treat." "Yes, yes. Is there anyone' who can support your statement?" "Beg pardon, sir." "I.s there anyone who knows that you were at home during that time?" "My wife, sir." "She and you were alone in the house?" "Yes, sir." "Well, well, I have no doubt that'.< all right. That will be all for the present, Evans." The ex-sailor hesitated. He shifted from one foot to the other. "Anything I can do here, sirâ€" in the way of tidying up?" "No â€" the whole place is to be left exactly as it is for the present." "I see." "You had better wait, though, until I have had u look around," said Nnr- racott, "in case there might be any question I want to ask you." Inspector Narracott transferred his gaze from Evans to the room. The interview had taken j)lace in the dining room. On the table an evening meal was set out. A cold ton- gue, pickles, a Stilton cheese and bis- cuits, and on a gas ring by the tire a saucepan containing soup. On the sideboard was a tantalus, a soda water siphon, and two bottles of beer. There was also an immense array of silver cups and with tl.eni â€" a rather incon- gruous item, three very new looking novels. Inspe<lor Narracott examini'd one or two of the cups and read the in- scriptions on them. "Bit of a sportsman, Captain Tre- velyan," he observed. "Yes, indeed, sir," said Evans. "Been an athlete all his life, he had." Inspector Narracott read the titles of the novels. "Love Turns the Key," "The Merry Men of Lincoln," "Ix)ve's Prisoner." "H'm," he reniArked. "The Captain's taste in literature seems somewhat in- congruous." "Oh! that, sir." Evans laughed. "That's not for reading, sir. That's the pri7.es he won in these Railway Pic- tures Names Competitions. Ten solu- tions the Capting sent in under dilTer- ent names, including mine, bjicau.se he said' 86 Fore Street was a likely ad- dress to give a jirize to! The common- er your name and address the more likely you were to gel a prize in the Caiiting'.s opinion. And sure enough a prize I got â€" but not the i"J,()0(), only three new novels â€" and the kind of novels, in my opinion, that no one would ever pay money for in a shop." Narracott smile<l, then again men- tioning that Evans was to wait, he i proceeded on his tour of inspection. | There was a large kind of cuptM>ard in one corner of the room. It was al- ' most a small room in itself. Hei;«>, I packed in unceremoniously, were two] pairs of skis, a pair of sculls, mounted, ten or twelve hippopotamus tusks, | rods and lines and various fishing tackle i:icluding a '.ook of flies, a bag of golf ilubs, a tennis racket, an ele- , phanl's fiKit, stuflTed and mounted, and a tiger skin. It was dear that, when CHjitain Trevelyan had let Sitlafonl j House furni.'-hed. he hd removed his. most pitciiiu" possessions distrustful of female influence. I "I'uniiy idea to bring all this with bini," said the inspector. "The house ^ vas let for only « few months, wasn't it? Surely these things could hav-. been locked up al .Sittaford Mouse? ' For the second time in the course of the interview, Evans grinned. "That would have been much the easiest way of doing it," he agreed. "Not that there are many cupboards at Sittaford Hou.se. The architect and the Capting planned it together, and I it takes a female to understand the value of cupboard room. .Still, as you say, sir, that would have been the common sense thing to do. "Carting I them down here was a job â€" I should I say it was a job! But there, the Cap- I ting couldn't bear the idea of anyone mes.^ing around with his things. So I take them along we diti, and as I say. it was a job, and came expensive too. But there, those things of the Cap- ting's was like his children." (To be continued.) Do Your Sleeping Before Midnight Proverb "One Hour's Sleep Before Midnight Worth Two Hours* After- ward" is Upheld The proverb that "one hour's sleep before midntght Is worth two hou.'s' afteward," usually is ridiculed by physicians. A recent German investigation tends, however, to cast doubt on this medical opinion and to confirm the ancient pro- verb. Says Dr. E. E. Free, in his Week's Science (New York): Dr. Theodor Stockmann, principal of a school in Diiisbiirg. noticed that one of his pupils was falling behind in his school work, and was becoming more and more lazy and sleepy. Inquiring into this young man's sleep habits, Dr. Slockinann found that he was studying late at night and sleep- inR late in the morning. Change of this habit so that the pupil slept be- fore midnight and woke very early in the morning lo study caused remarlj- able improvement In school work and in health. Dr. Stockmann then tested the same i-i3» oa :tJViiitot:x otkv yuyilj^ sr*?'- aging about nineteen years old. All turned out to be In better health and to do better school work when they habitually got four or five hours' sleep before midnight and got up at three or tour o'clock in the morning to do their studying. Two pupils who worked part of the day also found themselves in better health and more successful In their studies when they went to bed immedi- ately after supper and did their school work between midnight and dawn. His observations also suggest. Dr. Stock- mann reports to the German medical profession, that less than eight hours' sleep may be enough, at least for young people, provided all of It is ob- tained before midnight. Colour Tall white cliffs, an emerald hill, A red flag flying free, Swift grey birds which roam at svill And brown boats on the sea. Crimson rays on waters green From opal sky emerge; Foam of pearl and silver sheen The vellow gands .submerge. Tawnv shades on dUtant blue From canvas russet-brown; Wavelets fleeted with orange hue, Each crest a golden crown. t Dull black sails â€" which loom afar. As giant moths at night; Clear and cold the Vesper Star Now shines with .solemn light. â€" Marcia Knight, in ".Milestones". The longer you live, if you live right, the less you will think of yourself. London's Phone Exchanee Links Whole World In lH~t9 Alexande.' (Jrahani Bell patei.ted an apparatus f<'r th') trans- mission of speech, the precursor of our '.cderii telephone. In 18yl the first oversea cable was laid iietwcen Lon- don and Paris, contai.iing only two circuits. Now it is possible for the human voice to be communicated from the heart of the PJmpire lo every other country of the world excepc to China and Japan. This was the statement of Sir Kingsley Wood, British Post- iviai'ter-(ieneral, recently al the for- nial opening in I>o:idon by the Ixjrd .Mayi) • at a new telephone exchange through who.so switchboard, with ."52,- 000,0(10 subfcriber.s â€" there being about :il,(»00,000 telephones in the worldâ€" the Empire is linked together,- Th's new I'uilding, whose opening the Prince of Wales honored with his presi'nce, marks the development in twenty-one years of the radio-lele- [ilione, for it is just that long ago since the Government took over the telephone system â€" now part of. the efficient British Post Office. The sys- tem handles about 1(5,000,000 calls a year, atout ten calls a day being to Canada. Various devices have been introduced to build up the voice of the subscriber, which tends to fade in transmission. The new London Ex- change indicates the remarkable de- velopment that has taken place in telephony during recent years. â€" To- ronto Mail and Empire. Use of Color in Home Decoration Increasing There has been a remarkable in- crease 111 the use of color by Cana- dians for the decoration ar.S preserva- tion of every conceivable surface this year. A few years ago gray was pre- dominant, but that cold repellant shade is rarely a part of to-day's color choice. This change is a very welcome one, as color not only enables one to give practical expression of good taste but the fact is that an attractive combina- tion o£ color greatly enhances an at- mosphere which encourages ambition â€"cumulates a aesire £oi' s^oav^ui a&d contributes to the happiness ot one's self and neighbors. The colors most in demand this spring on exteriors are light greens, buff ami browns. Summer resorts are inclining to brighter shades such as Devil Red for roofs, bright greens, cream and light browns with white used to soma extent on sash or trim. The depression has taught most peo- ple that a little attention to the home pays handsome dividends in personal health, contentmeiit and pleasure. Recent Events From Overseas -^ Captain "Sees" Entire Ship With New Fire Detectors London. â€" A new invention to reduce the risk ot Are at sea, which makes all the ship "visible" lo the captain, is creating much interest in shipping circles here. Air duets, or channels, aru fitted to every vulnerable point of the ship. At the end ot each channel is a small de- tector and extinguisher resembling a telephone mouthpiece. A rise above a specified temperature or a wisp of smoke causes the detector to set off an alarm. Once the alarm is in action carbon dioxide automatically is pumped through the air channels and begins to smother the flames. •> Jackie Cooper, lOyear-old film star, went to court and tojk a cut of |76,- 000 oft his salary fir the next two years and never batted : u eyelash. Most people migiit feel inclined to be sorry about Jackie, but he will con- tinue to draw $1,300 per week, the court merely having eliminated the graduated scale of increase provided in the original coniract.~St. Cathar- ines Standard. IndoAmerican Wedding Kumar Jehan Seesodia Warlikcr. Indian prince, and the former Mr.- Katharine Winterbotham, whom he married in Chicago, recently. They plan to ro to London, Eng., where the prince hopes to enter parliament ma Indian representative. Women FaVor Flying Women of Europe are taking to air travel. In the last few months the proportion of women flying in air liners on the cross-Channel and pro- vincial services has risen from ap- proximately 50 per cent, to more than 75 per cent. Several limes recently all the passengers in 'planes arriving at Croydon, England, have been wo- men. Grand Old Man Dies James Stewart, known as the Grand Old Man ot Tientsin, died recently in the ('hinese city. He was an engineer and joined the Chinese Imperial Ser- vice CG years ago. He built the first steamboat for the late Empress of China, and was governor of the Ar- senal of Tientsin in 1900 at the time of the Boxer rebellion. Stewart was born in Scotland 89 years ago. Train Passes Over Baby Although an engine and two cars passed over it, an 18-mouths-old baby at Zurawnica, Poland, is still alive. The tot was playing on the track when a passenger train arrived. The en- gineer applied the brakes, but could not stop the train in lime. The child was found between the wheels unhurt. Shrine in Station Johannesburg, South Africa. â€" The r;T7 r=5;^.-:7 ettticn ci thic eitj is probably the only station in the Bri- tish Empire, outside of India, equipped wii'i a shrine for the "faithful." An inner room has a praying mat on the floor and a shower bath has been installed so that the "faithful" who enters may perform his ablutions before he enters to pray. As a result "Allah Ho Akbar" (God ot Great) is now intoned in the sta- tion before the pious Muslim leaves on a train journey. Dog Captures Bird A Sydney policeman's Alsatian dog watched the man next door clean out his canary cage. Suddenly the bird escaped, flew some yards, and perched on a fence. The dog dashed after it, leaped into the air, and seized the bird. He trotted back with only the tail of the canary showing from his mouth, and returned the bird unharmed to its owner. Night Club Unlucky London, Eng. â€" The "Ambassador," designed to be the most luxurious and exclusive night club in London has been broken up under the auctioneer's hammer. By order of the court, its furniture and fittings and its wine cellar were sold under distress tor rent and rates. The club should have been a great success, but it never was, Mysterious ill-luck dogged it. Since 1927 the loss is said to be .e 159,000. Mr. Maundy Gregory was always finding money for its assist- ance. He placed nearly £170,000 at its disposal. The membership was reputed to number 11,000, although it is doubtful it many of these members ever paid subscriptions. A large number ot them were "honorary." Often al lunch or dinner time the restaurant, complete with a full staff, hud no patrons. The club was originally established as a "iliploniatic and social centre," and in its diary for 1930 the following were given as members ot the govern- ing commjttee; Lord Southborough, Major-General J. 'E. B. Seely, Dudley Ward, Colonel II. W. Burton, R. H. Carrutherj. A special telephone Hue, the number of which was not published, was re- served exclusively for the benefit ot members ot the House of Commons. "Paying the Piper" London, Eng. â€" Thi phrase "Paying the piper while others call the tune" is a colloiiuialism dating back to the beginnings of the Pied Piper of Hame- lin in the thirteenth century. It means to bear tlie expense or loss of somethinij; from which others do- rive the benc'flt either voluntarily or by compulsion. Congreve used the phrase in a modi- fied form in bis play "l.,ove for Love" in 1695. It was used by Flatman In "Hera- clitus RIdeus" in 1681 in its present form. But an earii r use of the phrase c.in be traced to Moliere, who spoke of "Payng the piper for others to dance" in his play "Li Comtesse d'Escarbag- nas." Duchetn Adopts Dionkey London, Kng. â€" "Ned," an Irish don- key, is a guest ot the Duchess of Port- land at Welbeck Abbey, her country heme near Worksop. The Duches.s is berriending the donkey, which was sent to London from Dublin as a prac- tical joke on ii trainer who had order- ed a racehorsii, and instead of it being consigned to ignoble work auch as pulling a cosur s iiarrow it travelled from London in a palatial horse box. When '-.Ved' left Dublin all the cai riage fees had been paid, and tht trainer to wlioni the 'onkoy was sen! told the London, Midland and Scot:5lsb Railway oflScials that they could d« what they liked with him. The DucU ess of Portland has befriended mau3 derelict horses and donkeys, and ii 1930 it was stated that she had given part of her fine stables at Welbeck Abbey for their use. Heavy Insurance London, Eng. â€" The world'.s largest life insurance policy is held by Mr. Pierre S. Dupont, of Wilmington, Dela- ware, who is insured for £1 lOO.OOO. Lord in Bankruptcy London, Eng. â€" .-^.l Bankrnptf:y Build- ings, London, recently, the first meet- ing of creditors was held under a re- ceiving order made a.a;ainst Lord Rich- ard Plantagenet Xevill. It was stated that unsecured liabilities were esti- mated at £2,200. On behalf of Lord Nevi:;, It waa said that an offer was submitted by his brother, the Marquis of Abergaven- ny, to pay the moneylending creditors the full amount of the principal debfs,' together with 10 per cent, nterest, but that offer had not been unanimously accepted. It was now intended to submit an offer for a composition of ten shillings in the pound, plus five per cent, in- terest on all debts. China's Place in the World Hong Kong Press: China has now an immense opportunity to consolidate the friendship and respect of the world, gained during the past eighteen months. This factor of genuine good will is no small one in the situation. No one will say that self-interest and the desire to preserve the 'oalance oi power in the Far East are absent from Western minds, in their wish to see China strengthened. On the othei hand, the fact of China's awakening national sense is accepted. 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