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SMtMC E=g/ \ For loverr) of green tea GRI sat M-i-'-: TEA •:♦:< :>»»:-:»i'->:<: â- ---• Â¥ f^' BY C ORTLA ND FlTZSIMMONSl^V t KO-C'. :>:â- .;.-•â- â-  Mv'v!-::*: :-?>:;>:.:-: â-  t Pop Clark's New York Bluss are a 200 to 1 shot, Terry Burkn being the only sports writer to Cfivc them a chance at the pennant. A3 the -.ched ule is played out the stars of the teams opposing the Blues are singled o t for spectacular death on the p'ay ing field by shooting or mysterious poisoning, or are put out of comm^^- sion by serious injury. Whitpcr, flil aclelphia -pitcher, is shot through thi heart; four Boston players nre cent to the hospital by the wrecking of their taxi: Dirkin, Chicago's star bat- ter, is poironet). and Pietro. Chicago bat boy dioappears: Scottcr, St. Louis pitching ace, is poisoned; P ,t.v I i ,'i s , Chicago manager, is handed in tlie hotel room adjoining his own. W'lcn Penny, Detroit's star pitcher, refuses to p!ay against the Blues, brsebiM'- Cz.ir calls a meeting of club owners. Terry Burke has had beats on niost of these sensational murders for the Star and Detective Kelly .nt first sus- pects both him and Larry Doyle, the Blues' rookie shortstop. Claik -icn 'j Larry to Newark but he is soon sold to Boston and then to Washington. At Clark's suggestion, the owners -^sk Terry to help them uncover the mur- der gang and he agrees. Larry is in love with Frances Clark, Pop's pretty daughter, and Terry with Alice An- drews. Big Boy Planer, Cleveland's all around star, is poisoned and in- capacitated, but lives. Terry outlines his plans to Kelly, who has become his friend, before the crucial series between the Blues and Washington. Terry fears Larry is marked for death. Pictro nniv( {| over ami .'^at on the edifc of the couch. His hand moved ever and he touched Terry '.s side. "You're not tied up," Terry cx- clnimed in .surprise. "No. I haven't been for a lunt; . : >: :':c*»»:<o>:>:v:»:i»:-:'»: »T' time. At fir.st I wa.s tied up nil the t'me. Then I cried. I couldn't help it. I >ru( ss they felt sorry for me betau:e they untied my hands and then after a time, they untied my feet." "Tlic dirty-" Terry gave vent to liis emction.s in a lonj; .strinK of in- v<cl';ves. Then he dropped his voice and wliispered, "Pietro, lean closer. Is Ihiie some one watching us? How \i,ng have I lieen here? Have you !ieard them say anylhinK about a ^'irl? Did they hrlnj;; a gill here? Where i.<i she now?" "There i.'n't any frirl here. There i a man who jrives me things to .at." "Did thiy brintr a (jirl here?'* ".Mo. I h(ard thcni talking to a ; irl. thoiiKh." "What did they say?" Terry ask- <<1 lagcrly. "They laughed and said:â€" 'He's a .sucker for pure.' " "Yes?'* Terry urncd. "Go on. What e'se did they say? Tell me rverything you heard after they lirought me here. When was it?" "It must have been yesterday. I don't know for sure. I only tell time by meals. They l)rouf;ht you before .â- ^tipper last niRlil and I had my breakfast an hour ago." "Don't you ever have any light?" No fiirl Was Seen "A candle sometimes, that', all. I haven't seen the sunshine for such ,1 long time. The windows are all boarded up." "They haven't been mean to me," Pietro defended. "Don't you want me to tell you what I heard?'* "Yes. Go on. You are sure there was no girl?" "I'll tell you what I heard. The door opened and they carried you in. I coulil see your body in the light thai came from the other room. They dumped you on the couch. They said you were out like a light. Then I heard some one say they hoped you'd never wake up and another man, I think he's the boss, was mad and said your death would be all they needed to <|ueer the game. Are you a ball player?" "No, I'm a reporter, but go on. I'll tell you about me later." "I heard one man say, '1 told you it would work.' They telephoned some girl an<l told her to meet you at the nstrn The followinji steaniti s have been scheduled for your convenience to enable you to spend a liappy Christmas amonj' your loved oiks in the llomehmd. rrotn MONTREAL Not IS- "AURANIA" li> I'lyiii.Milli, ILivri-, l.()ntl(iii Conductor. Mr. J. Surru-iti Cult.i-i Ko». i5-"LtTITIA n.Uust, Li.-r- l>'>ul, (.lasilow From HALIFAX !)<â- <â-  '1-"ALAUN1A" I.i 1 :yni..iilll, I oililoil fcâ€" "CARINTHIA" lo <.luPiJ<i«. Il< IfasI, l.lverp«»' I Ctmtiintitr, Mr. J. Mu .on " ll-"ANDANIA" to l.ynmulli, l.nndoll •• li-"ATHENI A" (<> IUira»l, l.t»cr- IMkjI, <;i:is(l(>w iUmiliiciiir, Mr. A. Slfw.^.ii r<v>''y Irom ST. JOKtvJ, rj.f5. D;t n -'ATHENIA' l'> ll«ll««t, l.lvtrp'i'.l. «:i: .'ow <:imdiirlur, Mr. A. : lewt.il livi'V I'-rom NEW VOrtJ Dae «â€" "AQUITANir," l<> C.l. tlNiurii, .Sf^iillianipUjii •â-  II -"SCYTHIA"to<;..l"iiy,<,<ibh» l.l,l-I|H»«>l J* ISâ€" "OUEtN MAnv III r'v month. <;hiTL('U(;;, ;»tiuii»" linil>toil LOW CC-.-.iM R.'VTES IN ALL CI ,'3;;es %mmm .D()NALI)50N ATLArMfWc LIN£ 217 FJiiy Street (Kl.aln .147' • t<roi o btit the man in $vv is your to. ;.' <i:,t.;/. Wo^yf/ station. They said she fell for it, Thi n they called you and told you tliey had the girl." "Then the girl isn't here at all?" 'â- >'.<.). They laughed about that, .''he's still at the station, I suppose," Ik' ^i'.'.d i.iinply, 'J'erry t:avc a K''cat sigh of relief. "Was it yo'tir pigeon?" I'ietro aii';etl afti-r a mc;iicnt. "What piseon?" "They said they had a pigeon and it liked some one very much and they would be able to use it." "How would they u.se it? Think haid, now," Terry cautioned, "They said if the pigeon came back, everybody would be watching it and because all eyes would be on the pigeon, they could do something." "Do What?" Terry demanded. "They said thia p'goon would prob- ably light on his shoulder and that would be the time lo do it. I could not hear any more then." "They arc going to let mo go home soon," PiLtro said after a long sil- ence. "Did they say why?" "No." "Have you ever seen any of those men?" "No. Only the one who brings me my food." 'Did you ever see him before â€" around a baseball park?" "No." "How many times have you slept since they brought me here?" "Only once." â- 'Tlun this is Monday and there i:-, a t,ame today." Terry was thinking out loud. "Tliey are after Doyle, and tha',; damned pijreon will be the signal for his c!eath. If I could only gel out of here!" "I used lo try il, but it's r.o use. He beat nic and d dn't give nio any- Ihinp to eat.'* "I'.. or kid!" "I'm not strong.. I'm deformci!. I'm a humpback. That's why I gotthe job with the Chicago leuin. They used to rub my hump for luc!<. Tluy were good lo me. After he boat nie, I didn't try any more. Do you think we could got away?" ho aslu'd and Terry detected a now note in his voico. "We could try. There arc two of us now. Do you ever knock on the door when you want anythin-:'? " "Not any more. I did at first, but Children Exposed To "Bad" Music Sir Erresl MacMillan Urges Sound Training nt Toronto Convention The present-day e::posure of chil- dren In "bad'* i;uu:ic must slop If they are lo ba givon a musical education, Sir KriKist MacMillan told the Ontario Music 'roacliers' Association at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Coninienting on someone's state- ment that no music was badâ€" that it was sini|)ly music tliat wasn't as good ns it inipht bo. Sir Krnest said: ' Some- one once defined dirt as matter In the wroni; place." Some Jazz Is Bad Questioned after the convention Sir Krni St replied that "some jazz' might eonio under the definition ''bad". Ho rofn.scd to elaborate further. Ho lagod co-operation between pro- fessional and school music teachers, so that the work of one mipht Biipple- nienl that of the other and tluis avoid overlapping. ' lUil" ho added, "wo can never build up any kind of a musical educa- tion except on a found;ition of Ihor- ouglilv Kood music, Nothin.^' else has a ri;,'lu place in our educational scheme, no matter what part it has In reerealional hours." Ring Around Moon Not Sign of Rain Studies of the weather which fol- low the appearance of a ring around the moon show that this [dienomenon does not herald the appro.'vch of .stormy wathcr. Neither rings ar- tho man used to hit me and make me wait for whatever I wanted." "See if you can untie my legs." "Suppose he comes in?" "Let's hope he doesn't until you've untied them," Terry said grimly. Pictro fumbled with the knots for what seemed ages. With his hands free at last, Terry pushed his body up to a sitting position and swung his legs down to the floor. His hands were numb. (TO BR CONTINUED) Home Hints By LAURA KNIGHT Autumn is ceilainly in the air Ihest days and that means that win- ter cannot be far behind. But before the last signs of summer have gone, capture the luscious grapes from the horn of plenty which Nature has spilled over the land. Kvery housewife is busy those day.s preserving this good fruit lo help her in planning delicious meals during the winter and that takes a let t)f time from ordinru-y housiliold routine. But when your jars of grape preserves are in the c'uiiboard and your thoughts frantically turn to dinner, let grapes again conic to your ai<l. Dinner will take on a gala air and young eyes will light up at the sight of either of these grand desserts which are made with some of the grapes you didn't havo time to pre- serve today. (iRAPE FLUI r Kipe (irapes 1 cup warm waUr li cup coconut 1 paokage lemon - flavored jelly powder ',i cupful whipping cream Wash and stem about 1 pound of ripe grapes, mash and add " table- spoons of water. Simmer until soft, then drain through two or throe thicknesses of cheeseoloth. Measure 1 cupful of the juioo. Dissolve the jelly powder in the boiling water and add the grape juice. Chill until it begins to thicken, thiii whip with a rotary egg beater until light. Fold in the whipped cream and add the coconut. Tur.i int.) a cold, wet nio'd and chill firm. Serve unnioidid •vith (lain whipped croam. (;UAi'i: WHII' WITH IMl'KKIAL ] pai'a^e strawi);riy jelly pow- der 1 ',;{ r';-.i v.'ari'i r-..;iie juice '/' teaspoon sa'.t jrrRESsrrs dyed? Zrr.r.il'zn uy for Winter M«U<' 1130 iif C'.lur. T.tl T.ii'diitn'fl ramnu^ ilytTrt IrlriK new life and cnloiir tr> rlnlhos and li'disPh'ilil things like ciirtntn», drnpRtt, NI>re(i(l.s. llventnj; drcHSf.s ft flpcclally alHu i'-imfi(le mott'rl'i!!\ Qui>s(|tinn RlaUly an- ?v.-erp I 08 ti; C'tlrtr and cnHts. Charyea palil â-  I'.c way on onlera. Only one Parker's â€" â-  .liy iPG Rililrcfls. PARKER'S DYE WORKS, LTD. Dcpl. 2 • 701 Yoncfe St., Toronto '^ c'l) \.:\. ..I \ ::. . Vj cup coid giapo ju ce. Dissolve jelly in warm water and warm grape juice. Add sugar and salt. Reserve Vj cup of mi.xture for sauce. Chill remaining I'/i cups of mixture until cold and syrupy. Place in bowl of cracked ice or ice water and whip with rotary egg beater un- til llulTy and thick like whipped cream. Turn into individual molds. Chill until firm. Unmold. Prepare sauce by adding '/4 cup cold grape juice to reserved '/•> cup jelly and grape juice mixture, and chill until slightly jellied. Pour jellied sauce over each mold. Serves six. EXTRA TA.SI'Y .SliPPEK DISH Baked Stuffed Kggs G hard cooked eggs '4 cupful of chopped nui-shrooms, raw or canned Vi teaspoon salt Pepper 2 talilespoons ivaporaled milk l'/4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cupful liquor (liepiid from mush- rooms plus water) 1 cupful evaporated milk 1 OxL) cube Vi teaspoon salt Pepper Cut the hard cooked eggs in halves, lengthwise, remove the yolks and mash. (;over the chopped mush- rooms with 1 cupful of water and stew slowly for 5 minutes. Drain, reserving the liquid for the .sauce. Add the mushrooms to the mashed egg yolks, season with the U tea- spoonful of salt and pepper, and moisten with the 2 lablespoonfuls of evaiioratcd milk. Refill the whites with this mixture and arrange in a buttorod baking dish. Melt the but- ter, add the flour and stir until it is thoroughly blended and smooth, (.'ladually add the mu.-diroom liquid, stirring until smooth and thickened. Add the evaporated i-.iill; and the Oxo cube and stir iinl'.l the cube is dissolved. Season with the salt and pepper and pour over the eggs in baking dish. Cover the top with but- tered blend crumbs, and bake in a moderate oven (350 Dog. F.) until criif.i!:; arc browned and the mixture li:al:i! r.'.rc'."-!!. Serves six. ALWAYS TIRED? REPAI!! RAGGED NERVES TIml di'iully wcarinris Hint ilr.iRi yt"i ilnsn all diiy in iirutjflLly uuiiruBign I'f iiitvv-^:;u v;ition. SfmiBtiioii vdiir iiprvea with l*110Sli;l!lNl'*. 'j:tiii prcat tonio Bimthcs raKP<*(l ncrvps, liclpa you ulcpp soiiiiilly iinil fat »"'ll. nml «ivia you tonrulonro «ncl vil.llity- At druEBiats, BO'', Sl.OOnmltl.bO. 07 PHOSFl'B.MSrSa ound the moon nor changes of the phases of the moon appear to affect weather. The moon has been an object of superstition from early times, because it is the most con- spicuous body in the night heavens. 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