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» * « < » t ^ A V t r * « T H I I â-  * H â- 4 â-  * I '* H ** I *- â-  The Quality Tea "SALAM ORANGE PEKOE _ mi ^GERALD- BROWN W.N.U. FCATURCt SYNOPSIS CHAPTER XVII: Rocky reporta that Vlr- gtnla, Blfretow had entered Vallaltlcourt'a apartment the preceding night, hiintlnir for tb« letters, and that he had helped ker March, They found nothing, how- ever. McCale then calls up Ann, and lella her to run over to Shari Lynn's apartment, to see what she can find out. CHAPTER XVIIl The library was dim and still snd only the sound of a piano being played in the drawing room up- stairs came through the oppress- ing quiet as Adelaide Bigelow linished her recital of events, and looked at McCale sadly. "What are we going to do?" ihe asked, "I think," he answered, "that I may be able tu soe a little further, get a little more than the police were able to do. That is, if I can giain their confidence. If you will •ak them to come in" â€" he rose as •he got up, smiled and added â€" "one by one, if you please. It • might be easier that way." "To trap them, I suppose," she murmured, surprisingly. "Why, of course." He bowed, the smile leaving his lips. * * • He felt the subtle antagonism keap between theiji. Then she came over to him, impulsively put- ting a thin patrician hand on his «leeve. "Forgive mc," she whispered, "It's only that I'm so upset. I know how things must be from now on. 1 see a whole way of life disappearing before my eyes, an empire slipping aay. I knowâ€"" "That below the surface, things have not been what they seemed for a long, long time," he inter- jected, keeping the pity carefully from his tone of voice, for he knew that this she would not have, "Yes â€" yes. Vou won't need me again?" She spoke as if that would be abhorrent to her. "NOi ^t is better that I do my â€" dirty work alone." He smiled once more, as he watched her leave the room. » » * He stood by the fireplace, star- ing moodily into the ashes ot last qjght's fire, until he heard the door open and close behind hini. When he turned, he saw Stephen Bigelow standing irresolute and nervous in the gray morning light. It was clear, as he sat down in the chair opposite McCale. that he was completely shaken. Although it was no doubt partly Jjangover, McCale intuitively sensed that not a. little of it was due to the fact that he was on his own, .^ com- plex lad, this one, he thought, riddled by complexes. He had seen enough of Stephen to know that in spite of his high-nosed arro- gance, he was lost without the support of his wife and silly mother. He pondered as to which cne of them had been clever enough to send him in first, so that either or both could expertly deny any break he might make, * * • In a business like way, McCale said, "I am willing to take the police report of your actions yes- terday afternoon verbatim. How- ever, I'm more interested in some- thing that may not seem relevant to the murder. If you will only have confidence in me, I can assure you it will probably go no further, I ask it entirely in the hope of helping your foster sister, Vero- nica, out of a ticklish situation. I know, of course, that you are eager to be of any assistance possible to her." "Oh, quite." The answer came readily enough. McCale studiously ignored the contemptuous curve of the lips that accompanied the remark. "Very well, then, I'd like to know if you had known Curt Vallaincourt before he became en- gaged to Veronica. What you know of him. What you thought cf him, to be exact. How, for instance, did it happen that he fame so suddenly (o thi." city to be taken up immediately by your family.? I'd welcome anything you can tell mc." , He saw the relief come over Steplien's face, relief that the fluestion was not the one he had feared. Stephen smiled â€" a thin- lipped, uneasy smile. "1 met him in Chicago," he said calmly, "about six years ago. Vic- toria vas running around with him, I had gone there for a couple of months, just to renew a few old acquaintances." • ♦ * ".Anyone in particular?" "No." His hands shook a little as he fumbled for a cigarette and lighted it. "Just a couple of fellows I had known in the navy. At one time, you see, things were not very â€" well, pleasant at home. 1 ran away and joined up. I made a few friends while I was in the service. I corresponded with them from lime to time after I got out. We are not a particularly happy group, McCale, en famille, so to speak'. So â€" er â€" a little squawky.I decided to hop out to Chicago and visit a chap who had since married and done quite well for himself." "Sort of run away again, is that it?" McCale's grin was sardonic. He thought â€" as you've run out on everything^ unpleasant since you were t. kid, I can bet. "Well, I suppose you could call it that" "You took Victoria with you'" * * * "No, she came to fetch me back, as it. were. All is forgiven, you know. That sort of thing. Vic- toria had met Curt in some of her wanderings. 1 had met Karen by then and didn't want to leave until there was some sort of under- standing between us. We stayed almost a year, until I married her. V icky corresponded with Vallain- court for a while after she came home. It wa.s she who finally got Dim here. ' Rnn into him by acci- dent in New York or something, and she brought him along for a visit. He just stayed that's all." He settled hack in the chair, a little less jangled, as if a loh had been done and rather well done. MrCale settled hack in his chair and Itiiikod ;it Stephen liiiii-low with unconcealed disgust. Then he decided to try a shot in the dark and see what jt would hit. "O course you know that Curt Vailamcourt was married at some time in his lively career." "Oh, yes. He was," Stephen admitted, completely ofl guard, "To Shari Lynn?" y "You knew her, too?" ♦ ♦ » "Sarah Linsky to you," Bigelow blurted, then bit his lip, realizing the trap, "You knew her too?" "I'd met her. Wc all met once or twice. Bue he divorced her, vou know." McCale changed the direction of his next questions strategically and said with the suddenness of a cata- pult, "You were spying on your wife and Curt Vallaincourt at The White Abbey night before last, weren't you?" "No, indeed. I just happened to be there. I saw them talking. What of it? Karen comes and goes as she pleases." "You didn't, then, suspect her, say, of having an affair or some secret connection with him â€" say something she wished to keep from yon ?" ' • « • "Not at all, Mr. McCale, What- ever gave you that absurd idea?" Mr. McCale thought â€" he has been lying to me now for the last three minutes. He shrugged. "You haven't a thing to tell mc that might help the growing case against Verorica, then?" he asked, "Nothing at all," Stephen rose, well aware that he had acquitted himself, in "his own mind anyway, with some successâ€" that the interview was over. He paused at the door. "Who is next for the iiuiiiisit- ion?'' he asked mockingly. (To Be Continued) IN POVERTY-STRICKEN GREECE Tiieir heme, a bhack in the slums, Georgia Haloukiu and her family manage to keep alive. The children sell flowers in order to purchase food. The current campaign to raise $1,500,000 in the Canadian Relief to Greece Appeal is an attempt on the part of Canadians to help provide medical eare and hospital equipment for the sick and the diseased in Greece. Many of these are children. There are more lliaii a million people absolutely homeless in Greece today. Tliere are two mil- lion souls suffering from tuberculo- and chronic malaria. There are 373,000 orphan children. These are the results of the stand taken by the Greek people against the .\xis drive through Soutliern Europe. Facts like these are being pointed out by officials of the Canadian Relief to Greece Appeal committee which is now organized and cam- paigning for $1,500,000 to be spent in Canada on medical and hospital supplies for shipment to disease- stricken Greece. The former U.N.R.R.A. chief whose organization withdrew from Greece the end of March, urged further assistance and pressed tor the succe: s of a fund-raising appeal. By voluntary contribution, Can- adians have already sent approxi- mately $4,500,000 worth of medical supplies and concentrated food con- signments. But this help must be rontinucii, officials emphasize, if the children of Greece arc to have a chance to grow into healthy, self- supporting men and women. Major General L. R. La Fleche, Canadian .Ambassador to Greece says in a letter to the Greek com- mittee: "I trust that the excellent work of the Canadian Relief to Greece .Appeal will be continued be- cause after U.N.R.R.A. leaves Greece, some organization will simply have to continue to do some- thing for the people here who have not yet recovered from the terrible losses of the war and the occupa- tion. W'ould you try to contrive to keep things going?" Canadians who want to send in a contribution no matter liow small, are asked to get in touch with the local committee or mail their dona- tion direct to the Canadian Relief to Greece Appeal, Committee Rooms, .â- )!) Adelaide St. E., Toronto. An official receipt will be mailed acknowledging the contribution Sunday School Lesson Fall of Northern Kingdom 2 Kings 17:5-12, 22-23; Isaiah 28:1-4 Golden Text. â€" For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. â€" Psalm 1:0. "The t-ord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish." Be the first to get this new slant on your good little figure! Pattern 4689 makes striking use of stripes on a sidc-buttoner and is equally marvelous in a plain fabric. This pattern, easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Includes complete illustrated instructions. Pattern 4689 comes in Jr. Mis.s sizes 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes VA yds. 35-in.; ^4 yd. contrast. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (iSc) ill coins (stamps cannot he accepted) for this pattern to Room 421, 73 .Adelaide St. West. Toronl.i. Print plainly SIZE, N.AMK. .AD I DRESS. STYLE NUMBER. I That is as true concerning peoples and nations as it is of individuals, .And it is as true today as it was in ancient times. Ten of the 12 tribes of Israel, it •will be recalled, had revolted under Jeroboam, the rebel against Solo- mon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt to lead the successful revo- lution against Rehoboam, Solomon's son, when the latter refused to lighten tlie burdens that Solomon had inipo.'.td upon the people. Two tribes, judah and Benjamin, re- mained loyal to Solomon's suc- cessor ill the Southern Kingdom. * • * The Northern Kingdom, with its 10 tribes, should have been the stronger. But it had in it from the beginning- elements of dissolution artd defeat, Jeroboam, who came to power, was not long revealing liis baseness. The weakness had the familiar aspects of all social failure and deterioration â€" dishonesty and cor- ruption ill public and in private life, licentiousness and debauchery among the well-to-do, disregard of the poor, exploitation of the people, * -^ * This is a temperance lesson, and the prophesies of the time in their revelation of the social abuses stress how large a part strong drink had in breaking down morale, bringing woe and destruction upaii the nation. Temperance lessons ami lectures are not popular today. The preva- lent psychology is favorable to drinking and indulgence, where a generation ago it was favorable to total abstinence. It is fair to make a distinction between drinking and drunkeiicss, between use and abuse of intoxicants. But it important to remember that intoxicating liquor has in it inherent dangers. The Northern Kingdom went down in ruin, and any nation that iloes not overcome evil with good is doomed to disaster. WOM0IIOOD.., This fine medicine is twrv effective to relittve pnin, ncrvoua (listrera iind weak, "drng^ctl out" rcstlcna frnlinRH, of '*<:«rtAm dnyfi" â€" when ilnc to riinctional monthly ilislurhnnres. Wnrih trvtngl irmEPmKmfTSSiii ANN€ HIRST Hatred Must Not Embitter Grief DEAR ANNE HI R S T : I'our * months ago my brother was killed * in an automobile accident. A neighbor's hoy asked him to go riding, said it was a friend's car. There was an accident and the other boy, though hurt, ran off and left my brother alone 1 It seems he had stolen the car, and was afraid he'd be found out. He lied about his own injury â€" and I only learned the truth when I saw my brother in the hospital a little while before he died. I want you to tell me what "to do when I see this boy. I feel like killing him ! I can't tell j'ou how I hate him. Will you help me? I don't want to do the wrong thing. â€" Mrs. A. H. M. * ♦ * * OUT OF YOUR HANDS A few years ayo, the Utile son of o friend of mine zvas killed by an- other boy who was playing ivith a shotgun. The first act of the dead lad's mother zvas to go to see ihe other boy's family and tell them how sorry she felt for them alt. She knezv the tragedy zvas accidental, and she rcaliaed that this young boy would carry the grief of it through all his life. She ivas and is a great lady. Your hatred of this boy, wlio was the cause of your brother's death, is the first natural reaction to shock. It 7C'i7/, / believe and hofe, pass. Yon will remember that his punish- ment is out of your hand.f. Life will never let him forget, and through- out alt his years he will live in tlie shado-v of the thing he has done. Leave him to Fate. For your uzvn sake, you cannot afford to nourish this bitterness against him. It zvill poison all your thinking, it 'will destroy your sym- pathies; it 'vill change you from a gentle, Christian xvoman into a spiteful person whose soul will slotv- ly shrivel. Your life is before you. IVill you make it an evil life-' You will never get over Ihe grief ef your brother's death. But you can get over tliis hatred you feel now and even, some day, come to feel the compassion we all must try to cherish toward those who suffer i^om the consequences of iheir own 'li-cnhness. * HUSBAND NEEDS SHOCK DE.AR ANNE HIRST: 1 have been * married Li years, nd I am in a â- * daze. My husband won't stay * home and act like a married man. * If it were not for the other wom- â- * an, 1 feel wc could be happy again, * for 1 love him dearly. I have even * offered to divorce him. I have â- * tried eveiythiiig! We own our * business, which I have been run- * ning â€" he'd rather be foot- loose. We don't get to go anywhere to- * gcthcr. I'm afraid this will get the * best of mc. The children love * their Daddy and need him, but * they arc hcginiiing to uiulerstand. * Is there any way to shock him * into a sense of his rcsponsibil- * itics? It is up to me to m.ikc some "' move ! You have helped so many â€" "" can vou liel]) mc? -I'ucded IFi/f 77ii-/(t;(i. * # * It is time, indeed, that you put your foot dozvn. Tell this skillish husband of yours that you cannot run his busine.':s and take care of the children and Ihe home any long- er. He mu.U lake ^ler Ids respon- sibilities or you are through. You have been too easy Zi.'tlh him â€" yi'( / III" understand zi<hy. Xozv be firm, and let hint see that you mean what you say. He must be made to see that he cannot ozen a business and neglect it, any more Hum he can have a zvife and children if he neg- lects them. Either you will take the children and leave, or he must. I think this will give him the shock you and I agree lie need.t. Don't play Ihe part ut l":ite. Anne Hirst will help. 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