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MUROER^H/QELMOIR by Agatha Christie Seeing New York By KD. B. WAKING. New York's Great White Way, known the whole world over for its bright lights and bright wisecracks, '.he r.iecca of three million visitors laily (these figures were given to us •lut may b* some more "yankee" bally- loo") is to most people a great dis- ippoi.itnient, and so it was only na- iural that we were no exception. Broadway sUirts at the Battery ami 'Iretchvs. LO we were told, to Albany, iut the part which has become world famous is from about 38th Street to jTt'i Street, with 42nd the centre of activity and sometimes called "Tho Cro};sroa<is of the World." It is litter«l with everythirig ima- ginable from the "bum" up from thp BowKry to see what he can get, to the millionaires, from midgets to giants, from burlesque to opeia, in fact overy- thinj can bo found on "The Great White Way." Walking along Broadway alM>ut 44th Street one day I noticed a midget of not more than two feet in height at the most hurrying along the street. She was dressed to kill an 1 liad all the face decorations which the modern young lady wears, bul much to niy ap?azcment not one per- son seemed to notice her, while 1 .stood there gaping, with open mouth, at her cross the street. This is typi- L-al of Broadway. They have become used to everything. Afterwards 1 imagined what a mob would have fol- lowed this yovng lady had she dared lo walk along Gerrard Street. What amused me greatly on the •'Great While Way" was the way they dressed the fellows who stand outside Lhe movie houses. The.so fellows are outfitted in the most fantastic uni- forms. Anything from a Colonel to an African head hunter. The fellow bedecked as an African head hunter was advertising one of tho.«e "savage" pictures which hapiiened to be playing at this particular show. Thest "col- onels" and "what nots" remind one of a barker on the midway, their job being to sell the show, and in this respect they carry out their job su- perlatively. They give a running de- scription of uhe show and in fact it eecms the only reason a person goes inside is to .=ee the action. The Great White Way is the home of til! chi.s'.'lcr, wLsecracker, and all other menaces to the welfare of the local boy in the big city. An example of the chiseler was made ap|)aient to me w^jile walking along Broadway or. day. When down there a year ago I wandered into an auction room a::d while watching the "suckers" all bite 1 heard the auctioneer mention that everything iiad to be sold be- cau.sc they had to vacate the store that night, but much to my surprise when I chanced to walk into the same store this lime, exactly a year later, here was the same auctioneer telliiig a different bunch of "suekeis" the name old story, that they had t« va- cate the store that night, and evciy- iKxIy was biting. Times Square, in the lieart of the "Great White Way," besides being the "Crossroads of the World," is about the best lighted place in the world. It is at night with all these lights, dazzling in their .splendor, that Times Square and the "Great White Way" can be best apj)reeiale(l. There â-  re lights of all the colors of the rain- bow, and of nil sizes, and they ad- verti.«e everything fnmi lii'or ^-iloons to ehurchos. The Broadway .\1 lody of a tew years ago certainly gave some good advice, because Broadway is no place to wear a frown, ami y4iur trouldes «re certainly out of style. It is a place where no one seems to sleep. There is a.» much activity on ihe "Great White Way" at 4 o'clwk mi the morning as there is at Yonge tnd Queen around noon on an ofdinary day. It is good advice to keep one'.A nrouth closed and eyei" open while parading this hunting ground of the chiseler, olherwi.se y«>u are liable to meet up with some of these "wi.se Kuys" who will sell you anything from a needle to the Kmpire Stat*' Building. Harlem, home of the "heidy ho" and the place niaile famous by .Amos 'n' Andy, is anolhei one of New York's interesting '>p<jl''. Ix'nnox .\venue, the main drag in Harlem, hniks to me to be the jK-rfecl paradise of (he blaik pcrsoli. Kvpi-ything -s l)la<-k on l.en- B.C. Carving Brilisli Columbia Indians were seeing the ogopogo 2,000 years ago. The abOTe is a reproduction from an ancient lock carving near Victoria. the >Ky seems iiox Avenue. Kven cloudy at times. One of the most exciting experiences in my young life iiapix?ned in this centre of Harlem's night life. Hav- ing slept iriost of the day and always having wanted to see a night club, 1 wan<lered up to Harlem one bright evening and wandered into a night club which, unfortunately for me, was one of poor repute. It was called the "Purple Derby" an<l had as its adver- tising sign a large derby painted purple with all kinds of pictures paint- ed thereon, and these pictures weren't those which you see in any good maga- zine. To get into the place I hud to i pa ^s down a long hall, on either siilej of which stood .some huge black men, i and this gave mc the shivers l)erorcj I got into the place. After paying thej admission, which covered a special din- ner, I went in ami sat at a table near the door, just in ease I wanted to get out in a hurry No ."ooner had I sat down than over danced, in the best fairy-like fashion, one of those dark clouds. She sat down at my table and asked what I svould like to drink. Never having partook of anything stronger than w.ittr in my life, 1 told her "nothing," and, greatly hutfed and after t*'lling me what she thought ol me, she went out in search of some fresh gi.me. After getting over this I proceeded to enjoy the mu.sic of one uf (hose h(jl orchestras aiul the an- tics of the chorus, but my enjoyment was shortlived, however, because be- fore I realized it there was two rather husky men sitting beside me. -After watching them out of the cor- ner of my eye for quite a while i decided I would leave, but is I made to get uj), the fatlx'St of the men started talking sunietlilng about the weather and then he asked for the loan of some money, and when 1 re fused he proceeiled to tell me some weird tale.- of what hapi)enccl to pco- jtle who refused hiin. Not believing him, but at the same lime thinking! what wnuld happen if he wasn't kid- ding, I de<ided to g<'t out of theie as soon as possible, and it didn't lake me many minutes to get my hat and i coal and clear out. 1 afterwards] learned that this particular night club| wa.-» often the scene of many fight. | Affe) reiiiperating from this I de- cided Toronto wasn't .io bad after all and derided to return the next day. If We are, |i)n(i iili^iiti iriiiu •nir friendx, we for.get llieni; ti we are constantly with ihi-ni, wt- r|(>K;iiiie them. Ilnzlltl. .•^V.NOrsis t'apt. 'I'n'\ i-l> an rents liiK Iiuuko in .>>;i(>iti>ril to .Mis. Wiltetl aiiil takCH u NHialler ono tn l',.\}iun)|>(i'ii. Wlillc Ills friem] Major I'.'ii iiaby anil llirii- ikIkIi- hiirx iilay iii talilt-liiipliiK Willi .Mrs. WllU'tl and -lier ilaoglilir VIokt, a "w|)lrll" iiK'.-'saBe U lect-lvi-il that Tre- \el.vaii has been muidiri'il, Ruriialiy linilH IiIh I'ricnd dead. Tr«'Vi-l>'airH estate l« willed tu IiIk HlKii-r, .Mth. Jeiiiilfir • iaidner, iinil tin.- three children of an- ollier HiMler, Mri^. PearHOii, now dead. .lairieK I'earsuii iui4 eoine to IC.\liain)iton from l.oiulun llie day of llie iiiunlpr. He l.s nrfu.«led. Kmlly TrefuslH, lii.M tianece, iiicetH C'iiaile.s \iutlfihy, leiiorter, and hhUh liiin to lielp her. .\fter Hhe had talked to Violet Willcll .she heard .Mrs. Wllli'lt mutter. â- Will iiIkIU never come? 1 can't bear ii. " lOnderby. watcli- lilK the Willett's liiiime at lllKlit, HCe." Vlidet secretly riKi-t llrlaii I'eaisoii, 'Mc "I' the heliu, who was supiioBed to bo In .\uHti'alla. Martin Uerlng refusCH to account for Ills inuvemeiiiH the day of 1 tlie murder. CHAPTER XXIII.â€" (Cont'd.) "You made a certain statement to us, Mr. Dering, and I want that statement verified. Part of it has al- i leady proved to be untrue. I've got j to ^heck up on the other half. You say you lunched and spent the after- I noon with a friend.'' j "Yes â€" my American puldlisher." I "His name?" "Rosenkraun, Kdgar Kosenkraun." "Ah, and his address?" "He's left England. He left last ! Saturday." "For New York?" "Yes." "Theii he'll l>e on the sea at the l)re.sent moment. What boat is he on?" "I â€" I really can't remember." "You know the line? Was it Cunard or White Star?" "I â€" 1 leally don't remember." "Ah' well," said the Inspector, "we'll cable his fimi in New York. They'll know." "It was the Gargantua," said Der- iiig sullenly. "Thank you, Mr. Uering. 1 ihoiighl you c<-uld remembe • if you tried. Now, your statement is that you lunched with Mr. Rosenkraun and that you spent the afternoon with him. At what time did you leave him?" ".â- Vbout five o'clock I should say." "And then?" "I decline to state, it's no iiusincss of yours. That's all you want surely." Inspector Narracott nodded thought- fully. If Rosenkraun confirmed l)er- ing's statement then any case against Deling mu.st fall to the giound. What- ever his mysterious activities had been that evening could not affect the ca.se. "What are you going to <l<>?" de- manded Dering uneasily. "Wii'eless Mr. Rosenki'aun un boaid the Gargantua." "Damn it all," cried Dering, "you'll involve mc in all sorts of i)ublicity. I,<x)k here â€" " He went across to his desk, sciili- liled a few words on a bit of pa|H'r. then took it to the Inspector. "I .,uppose you've got to do what you're doing," he said ungratdously. "but at lea.st you might do it in my way. It's not fair to run a chnp in Cor a lot of trouble." On tho sheet of paper wa.'' "written ; li'iinrxkidiin S.S. Gurijoutiid. riciinr coiifiriii )ny stufciiieiit I trtm with noil Itiiich-tlinc ittitil five o'clock Fridtiy lith. MaitUi Ucrhig. "Have the reply sent straight to you -I don't mind. But don't have it .sent to Scotland Yard or a police sta- tion. You don't know what these Am- ericans arc like. Any hint of me be- ing mixed up in a police case and this new contract that I've be<'n discussing will go to the winds. Keep it a pri- vate matter, Inspector." "I've no objection to that, .\lr. Der- in„. All I want is the truth. I'll send this reply paid, the reply to be .•ieni to my private address in K.veter." "Thank you, you aic a good chap. It's not such easy going earning your living by literature- Inspector. You'll .see the answer will be all right. I did tell you a lie about the dinner, but as a matter of fact I had told my wife that that was where 1 had been, ami I thought I might as well slick to the same story to you. Otherwise I would have let myself in foi a lot of trouble." "If Mr. Rosenkraun contirms your statement, Mr. Dering, voii will have nothing else to fear." ".\n unpleasant eharactei-" the In- spfcct(>r thought, as he left the house. "But he seems pretty ceitnin that this American publisher will conlii n\ the tiuth Qf his .story." .\ sudden vemcmbrance came to llii' Inspector, as he holiped into the train which would take him back Ui Devon. "Rycroft," he said, "of course--^ that's the name of the old gentlemai^ man conducting a clandestine love af- fair and an oi'ficious stranger butts in. Brian Pearson had taken it like a lumb, had fallen in with Charle's sug- gestion of having a car and driving over to see the jiolice. Why this attitude of me;'k ..cquies- cence? It seemed to Emily entirely untypical of the natuial Brian Pear- son as she read his character. "I'll see you in hell tir.st!" would, she felt sure, have been far more his attitude. This lamb-like demeanor was sus- picious. She trie<l to convey .something of her feelings to Enderby. "I get you," said Endei-by. 'Our Brian has got something to conceal, theiefore he can't be his natural high- handed self." "That's it exactly." "Do you think he miglit possibly have killed old Trevelyan?" "Brian," .said Emily thoughtfully, "isâ€" well, a person to be reckoned with. He is rather unscrupulous. I should think, and if he wanted any- thing, I don't think he would let ordi- nary conventional standards stand in his way. He's not plain tame Eng- li.sh." "Putting all per.sonal considerations on one side, he's a more likely starter than Jim?" .said Enderby. Emily nodded. "Much more likely. He would cai-vy a thing through wellâ€" because he would never lo.se his nerve." ' "Honestly, Emily, do you think he did it?" "Iâ€"I don't know. He fulfills the conditionsâ€" the only per.son who does." "What do you mean by fulfills the conditions?" "Well (1) Motive." She ticked off the items on her fingers. "The same motive. Twenty thou.-;and or more pounds. (2) Opportunity. Nolxjdy knows where he was on Friday aftei-- noon, and if he was anywhere that he could sayâ€" well â€" suiely Ire would say it? 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M«inb«ra Sta liard Stork and Mlnlni EiDianfrc 51 3 K'f;G STREET WEST, TORONTO WAverley H63 Kiiiily I'rcfusis and ('harles Kiulcl- by were .-"cated at a small table in lieller's Cafe in Kxeter. It was half past threi' and at that hour theie was ciHiipaiative peace and quitt. A few IH'ople well' having ii ipiiel >iip of tea, but the i(vta\irant on the wh Ic wa> deserted. "Widl." >Hiil I li;i ; . 'â- ' â-  'â-  V " think of him?" Emily frowned. "ICs <liflicult," she -aul. .â- Vfter his interview with the police, Brian Pear-oe had lunched with Ihem. Me had licen extremely polite to Em- ily, iRiher loo polit«' in her opinion. To that astute girl it soemed a shade unnatural. Here was a young CHAPTER -XXIV. "They haven't found anyone wh» saw Brian in Exhamplon," Charles pointed out, "and he's a faiily notice- able person." Emily shook her head scoiiifully. "Uc wasn't in Exhamplon. Don't you see, Charles, if he committed the murder, he planned it beforehand, it's only poor innocent Jim who came down like a mug and stayed there. There's Lydford and (^hagfoi'd or per- hai)s E.xeler. He might have walked over from Lydford â€" that's a main Iliad iind the snow wouldn't have been impassable. It would have been pretty good going." "I suppose we ought ti> make in- (|uiries all round." "The police are doing that," said Emily, "and they'll do it a lot better than we shall. .All public things are much better done by the police. It's private and personal things like listen- ing to Mrs. Curtis and picking up a hint from Miss Percehousc ami watch- ing the Willetts. â€" that's where we score." "Or don't, as the case may lie." said Charles. "To g») liack to Brian Pearson ful- filling the conditions, â- â-  said Emily. "We've done two, motive and oppor- tunity, and there's the thirdâ€" the one that in a way I think is the mi portanl of all." "What's that" "Weir I have felt fiom the begin- ning that we couhln't ignore that nueer business of the tabic turning. I have tried to look at it as l()gically anil clear-.sightedly as po^jihle. There ire just three solutions of it: (1) That it was supernatural. Well, of couse, thai may be so, but personally, 1 am rilling il out. CJ) That it wa.s ileliberate-.-iomeone diil it on purpose,! but as one can't arri\e at any con-i coivable reason, we can rule that out, also. (M) .Accidental. Someone gave himself away without meaning to do| so--indeed iiuite against his will. An ' unc(in8ciou.> pii»ce of self-revelation.: If so, .•iomeoiie simong those six people! either knew definitely that Captain Tievelyan was going to 1h> kiUtnl at a. certain time that aft.ernoon, or that someone was having an interview with him fiom which violence might result. None of those six people could have i been the actual murderer, but one of them must have been in civllusion with the murderei-. There's no link be- tween Major Burnaby and anybody '*Vt else, or Mr. Rycroft and anybixly else, or Ronald tinrlield and anyone else, but when we come to the Willetts it's ilitYerrnt. There's a link between Vio- let Willelt and Brian Pearson. Those Lwi arc tin very intimate terms and that girl was all on the jump after the murder." "Vou think .-he knew '.'" said Charles. â- Sbo'or her mother one <>r oilier i,( them.'' "There's one person >iiu haven't mentioned," said Charle», "Mr. I)uke." "I know," said Emily. "It's queei-. He's the one jierson we know abso- lutely nothing about. I've tried le see him twice nml faile<l. Therp seems 11(1 connection In^tween him and Cap tain Treelyon, or between him and any Louise R. Marsliall When fi-icnds have called on you and brought along their children, have you often felt shocked at their lack of manners because they would not sit down as stiff as automatons and keep quiet while you and your guest chatter of things that held not the least in- terest for them? However, if a child has not been "well brought up" he is very apt to prowl from one thing to another until you are ready to scream from think- ing every minute he will tip over that vase of flowers, surely break into the bookcase with the glass frout, or ex- plore library table drawers, the con- tents of which are frail and precious. We can eliminate nervous apprehen- sion on our side, overcome "snoopl- ness" on the part of the little visitor, and secure peace and quiet for his mother and ourselves in wliich to en- joy each other's company if we have a hospitable disposition and do a little planning beforehand. We tako par- ticular delight in showing some trea- sured piece of art, a new lunch cloth, or a recent book to make the mother feel we are happy to have her come into our home and want her to share in our latest possessions, so why should we not exert ouiselves to dis- play a like hospitality to her youthful companion'/ With that idea in mind I secured a large cardlioard carton in which 1 store in boxes, trifles that are sure to amuse young minds. I give out one or more bo.\es at a time according to the need In the collection I have drawing books and a bo.i of crayons, some large cardboard dolls with cut- out coats, dresses and hats, a bag of marbles a set of tiny chairs that were left from a pLulor suite my own child- ren used, a pai of kindergarten scis- sors, and a smaller set of paper dolls and clothes to be cut out if the -player chooses, several rubber ducks and fish for very tiny callers, a toy truck, and a small wagon, a tea set and an alumi- num baking set, a fairylike stove, a fair-sized doll that has seen much use, and a box of clothes for her, a top, soine puz'zles, and dozens of trinkets. Nowadays so many pretty cards and novelties como into the home in the way of advertising that one need not go to the effort and expense of buying elaborate games and articles, because all ibeso will be new to the little ex- plorer and different from his supplies at home. I endeavor to put into this box only toys and trinkot.i that do not create confusion, for if drums, horns, pianos, trains, rifles and the like were included the purpose would be frus- trated â€" there would still be as much clatter and lunuilt as if the youngsti i were scampering from room to room helping himself to whatever took- his fancy. In this collection are boxes of ioys that appeal to the boys and others that charm the little girls, or, if thero happens t be more than ono child at a time, two or more boxes furnish juit the thing.i needed for a session ol school, to play housekeeping, or sor â-  other interesting game together. If you show tUoughttuluess for the little guests, they will enjoy coming o you. house and not have to bo dragged protestingly along just because Moth- er wants to go. My chest has served not only as a safety valve for pent-up vim during calls but has also proved a drawing card as well. Many of the boys and girls come to "visit" witi me by themselves for they realize thej will receive a hearty welcome and find a sympathtic understanding of what little fol':s need and like. â€" Issued by the National Kindergarten Associa. tiou. New York City. of Captain Trevelyan's relations; there's absolutely nothing to connect him with the case in anv wav, and yetâ€"" "Wei.?" said Charles Enderby as Emily pau.scd. "And yet we met Inspector Marra- cott coming out of his cotage. What '' ""-|does Inspwtor Narracott know .ibout him that we don't? I wish I knew." (To be continued.) u You Can't Baby Voursolf Tp'V ^ Kugla Brand! /( ' *^0 C°"'>**«'-'9 thuttsaotlsorheallhy, ^ K-^ happr bjbleB lia*e been r«aretl ^"0 on KsbIc Brand during the laat / serenty-Gve ]rear«. Yoa will find our lUtle boukIel*"BabT*a Welfare," full of Taludbte hiots on bab<r care. Write fur lt> L'ae eoupoD below* The Qordun Cu^ Llmltrtl, Yiirdley Uouae, Toronto. 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They dis.solva almost instantly An.! ihtis work almost iiislMmly when you laKe ihein. â- Vnil for a gnrgic .\spirin I ablets dissolve so oompleielv. ih-jy 'cavo no irritatini! parti- cles Get a box ot 12 < ablets or bottle ot 24 11 ItH^ai.iny Jrngstore. ♦ KPW.K â- â€¢â- t.tTIk An M«oe t -ANAOA