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st.\orsi8 rHAPTKK .VMII: MiC«;» .1 v.a,uik1 1» not •<Tiuiiii. I ho I.UW-I liii.ini been cltrficdca by a niiamla rnoo In hia i>orkH. Veronica Bierlow iclt'phonoa McCala lo Inform hira that Chriatophrr Storm bu been arrentcd. CUAriER xxiv The case was beginning lo iik him badly Not only was he not making progress, lie almost seemed lo be goiHR backwards. "We gathered in Clirislophcr Storm," he began. "I told >()ii to tail Vm, not arrest him," McCale iiiterrupled sourly. Hii arm was giviiiR him pain, and besides that, his ihounbis were not encour- aging. "He swears he didn't shoot at you last night," "1 didn't think he did. Did you Ipt him go?" "Had to. No real evidence. And tlie lad's too honest to suit me." "He came right out and admitted he was the one who was following \allaincourt around the last few da.\s, howevei. Said he had the itch either lo gel his hands on him and tear him lo pieces, or to get some- thing on him thai would influence Veronica. • • * "Uarntd if he didn't meet up with the glanu.ui boy and have a heart to heart talk with him, though. Vallain- court convinced him that he was going to do right by our gal, so Slorm look himself off to his law- yer's and like a boy scout signed over the 'l.ove Nest' or whatever he calls it. "VVhy did you wanl me to put a tail on him?" "Because, my good friend, 1 began to suspect that the lad thinks a lot, that he has more than a glimmer as to what this mess is all about. I was sure that cvciilually his elephantine mind would bit on something impor- tant. Would he come to me with it? Oh. no. .As you say, the naive honesty of the lad is amazing. 1 was almost sure he'd start digging around by himself. A dangerous game." He I>atled his bandage. "1 wanted to avoid anolher calastrojihe." • » ♦ Donlevv inut'crcc: to himself glumly. "Instead c.f that," Kocky put in, "they bad the mark on you for the next victim, boss." "It won't ha|>pen again," llic licii- tenanl' said. "I've put a inaii on this houst." ".Xnylhing new besides llial ?' Mc- Cale intiuired. ".Not a tiling, unless you think Karen is the girl we're after. I've got a man on every last one of them now. She drew $800 from the bank this morning." "She did?" "Yes. Looks more like she was going to pay bl.ickmail again, what?" He studied McCale's exjirossion closely, but got no visible reaction. He shrugged. "Well," he looked his chagrin, "glad lo sec you're breath- ing. If you ibiiik of anythingâ€"" "Yes," McCale's eyes were far away. He finally ixrsnaded Ann to go home. She winildii't admit how fa- tigued she was until he callously called alleiitioii lo the droop of her shoulders and ilie daik circles under liir eyes. Kocky w.tlcbed her go v, illi a wide grin. When the outer door had click- ed, he turned to McCalc. "Well, chief?" "I want to get out of this bed. Light a fire in my oflice, will you?" • • » He bundled himself into a bath- robe and settled down comforlably in a deep chair. 'J"hc fire crackled hajjpily, dispelling some of the gloom of the afteiiioon. It was slill diiz^ly and cold oulsi<lr. At six o'clock Rocky tame in from the bedroom wheic he had been gfiting some sleep. He pulled the curtains over the dark windows. Mc- Cale sat wrapped in ihoiiglil, slariiig moodily into the fire. "You've got to go out for me. Rock," he saiil, his voice packed with cxcilemenl. "Somehow, you have got to get into the I.ynn girl's siiilc at the Uaysreulh. Hribe Ibe ollicer there if ihere'i one on giiaid, or the desk clerk, if there isn't. M the rooms are sealed U|>, get in some tillier way" "What do you want there, boss ':" ".\ list of the pictures over the desk in the living room, just a deseri|ilion. There's one missing." "\S here'll 1 look for llial one ?" "I iloti'l want it. 1 want the olhers. If )ou can't get them out, make a list, lilt back In-ie at soon as you can." "Kight yiMi .in-." Mel ale wa» ii^oiie when the call came an hutn Liter He lifted the recti w(l willi his good hand to hear the frighleiicd voice of .Aihlaide Uijteluw. BROWN W.N.U. FiATURC* "Mr. McCalcs residence?" In si<ite of 'be feverish anxiety in her tone, she clung to the formalities. "Right here. Mis Bigelo>v." "Oh, I'm so glad you're up and about. I heard you had been in- jured." "Yes, but I'm guile all right What is it ?" He was urgent. "It's Sybil. She's been attacked. Right here in the house. I am fright- ened. What can it ineanf I thoughtâ€"" "Yes, yes. Is sheâ€"?" "Alive? Yes, but unconscious. A doctor's here." "Tell me, is it a bullet wound?" "No." • • » McCale was surprised to hear this. "How was she hurt " "She wasâ€" was struck qn the back of the head. Oh, it's so horrible 1 suppose 1 shouldn't bother you, butâ€" " "Not at all. Keep calm I'm coming right over." He telephoned for a cab; then hurriedly selected a lightweight coat from the closet. He had didiculty getting his injured side into it and finally gave it up, throwing the left sleeve over his shoulder. H used a scarf to improvise a sling for hij arm. As he stood on the sidewalk, wait- ing, a shadow detached itself from the cold, dark February night and walked toward him. "That yon, Mr. McCale?" "Yes, ollicer â€" or â€" hello, Hum- phrey. If I'd known it was you, I'd have invited you inside long ago." "So you knew the oflice had a tail on you. And me thinking it was a real mysterious job I was given. That Uonlcvyl Tells me 1 wasn't to bother you, but lo stick to your door like it was me mother's." .\ taxicab slid up to the cuib and McCale got in. He held the door open. "Come on. Humph. Y'ou'll get a dusting from the lieutenant if you lose your quarry." McCalc gave the Beacon street number as Humphrey clambered in. The big red-faced olTicer settled himself with a sigh. t * * If ever there was a nniddlcd hu- man being, it was the butler. King, who opened the door lo -McCale. iJislrcss furrowed his face and every line of his old body was alive with ajipreliension and closely guarded terror. His hands shook as he re- lieved McCale of coat and hat. Ife spoke in an unsteady voice. "Miss Bigelow is in the library, Mr. McCale." The hall yawned shadowy and suddenly grim. The whole hou.sc seemed stricken. Quiet brooded and hung over everything like a veil of terror, broken only by the sound of the piano softly played in the upper regions, weird, dreadful chords, as if the jikiyer were in pain. Adelaide Bigelow seemed changed. Like the bouse, she was envcloiied in tragedy. To be sure, tragedy had touched her life more than once in the last hours, had crouched on her own doorstep. But now it bad enter- ed Ihe very bouse, llie room, ll was lliis fact that seemed lo have shat- tered the last remnaiils of her cour- age. She sal huddled in an armchair like a paralyzed person, powerless, watching death like a slow-burning ilamc creep toward her across Ihe floor. « V • "Oh," .she said, .seeing him sland- iiig before her, noticing his arm in ils hannnock. "Your arm. I knew, of course, you were hurt, butâ€" oh. I .shouldn't have called you." Her voice was dull, hopele.'.s "When did it happen?" His tone was more like a doctor's than a de- teclive's. "About live o'clock. Slii- iiuisl b.ive lain there a gi>od hmir." "Where?" "In Ihe allic." An ejebiow shot up '"Ibe allic? What was she doing llieie:'" "1 â€" 1 don't know. Pulling smne things away o\â€"" "Looking for something peihaps?" "1 couldn't guess." "Who found tier?' It Hashed ihrotigh his mind that someone must have known where she was, would have had subtly to reseal her hiding place. "She recovered her senses after - goodness knows how long. She walk- ed ilownslairs by herself. Veronica f<iiind her pacing up and down Ihe hall on the third lloor, in a daze. She â€" she conldn't find her own room." That was logical. M.iiiy people after being struck oyer the head, regain enough of their senses to walk about aiitotnalically seeking help, ihoiigh slill in a semi -conscious comhlioM. (To Be Ciniliniied) 'Comeback Girl' Comes Back Againâ€" In the late Twenties, Belty Coin]).son, famed silent film star, was called "the girl who came hack" because she made a comeback in talkinjj pictures. Now at 50 site is making another comeback with several roles in current Hollywood productions. One of the films is "Second Cliance." Pictures show her as "silent" star, left and as she looks today. ANN£ HIRST Do You Get Along With Co-Workers? THOUSANDS of girls and young * men are ])lanning lo get their first â- ''job next fall, and Soinc of tliem * have already asked my advice as to '•' the best way lo hold it. I cannot * ofl'er any bclUr rule than to barn to get along with the people they work with. You' may be a bright y o u n g tiling. propel ly trained in llie field you have chosen. You may be eneigolic and willing. atlract- \iiSi£.::i^ ive and well- * gidoincd. Vini may have a collcRC â- * diploma framed on voim wall, and * feel that the world is join custer. * but in spile of all Ibis ec|uipineiil, * if you don't le.ini how lo get along * with those who work with you, * you arc going to find that nasty * little pink slip in your pay eiueh'pc * almost any i'riday afternoon * All businesses depend iipim llic * co-oiicralioii of every oik of their * employees. .And any single pCKui * who becomes a distiirbini; inllnence â- * lo lliat essential harmony is, from * the day it is discovered, on hci "â-  way out. 1^ YOL 1< OWN JOI>. / loutd l>ninl a ihrilliii;) f '!"•; ''I yaiir jvlnrc in your first fob, ussur- iup you thai everybody will extend the liell'inn hand and wish yen nr//. Iliil I hare seen loo tfiuelt of llir dark side /i> deicive you So lei's jace il : If you leant lo Iro'ii lo be n reslaurant hostess, for inslonee. you will have lo leorn Ihe ntdiwi-ult ol I'm viiiir pretty little girl in a niidrifl stinfrock! Il only l.ikes a hop, skip 'n' jiiinp lo dress her . . . and how ciile she looks; I'anlies in I'atlern A')Mi are adorable, tool Ballern 'I'J.tf) comes in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 . Size 6, simfrock, 2<i yards 3.S-inch; panlies, H'l yards. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (2Sc) in coins (slanips e.innot be accepted) for this pattern lo Room <21, 73 Adelaide St. West, 1 oronto. Print plainly SIZE. NAME. ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. scn'iny. .Inother i/irl, perhaps, will try to steal your tables, she will eall you names, use all her jealous ici/ to gel you in wron<i with Ihe boss . . . If your first job is that of secretary, you may find at Ihe next desk a younfi woman who rvanled the job. She'll thrust diwculties in your path, sneer at your mistakes â€" all in Ihe hope of ousting you . . . If you, young man, are starling in the stock- room, the same obstacles may seem lo prevent the quick advancement you anticipated: In Ihe business world it is ci'erybody for himself, as you'll find out. lake il easy. Wherever you work, llicrcs a superintendent (probably the one tcho engaged you) whose job il is lo see that you get ahead â€" if you don't, then his judgment was wrong. .\ ever Jell on anybody who works with you. ) on may think your boss slow in recogni~tng your plight, bu> he is there to maintain coordin- otion among his employees. Do your job. and he will do his. (iood humor ts a tremendous asset in business Be friendly with your co- workers, but not loo intimate. Earn llicir respect by your own restraint, (/i';r your job all you've got, and you'll reach that desk up ahead. (>nie I heard a big excculii'e say tluit he'd never allow any son of his !•• marry a girl tcAo had not been in business for two years. Il is fine training for marriage! lO ".I M HI / I 1' S." "JUSI .S/.;A'//.VC," "COLLEGE CR.i»" III. : I'dii won't find big business «>• liilrrnnt of- your faults as your family have been. .So learn lo hold your temper, slay away from o\wce potUu s. and earn the good-will of those who work with you. )'iiu wnll n. erf if . . . . (il'.TTl.NG along wUli people is iin- *â-  porlaiil in every relalionship. Ask * \iiiie Hirst to show you how. * \\ rile her at Box A. room 41\, 7,1 * Adelaiile St. West, Toronio Yowr Handwriting and You Mex By S. Arnott The optimist writes uphill and the pessimist w riles downhill. You c.1ii be sure ihe writer who consistently u riles uphill is self-reliant and will not (.live .voii the opportunity to lurn bill) dciwu a second lime. 'I'his lyi>c o^ writer is a go-getter and has a luallby ambitiim that is hard to beat. His enlliusiasm will carry him llirongli a dillicult time when every- thing else fails. Il is diflicult to dis- courage him as a mailer of fact he takes great delight in making a come back after being tiefealed, believing Ib.it a chefrfiil attitude will make e\ei\ thing turn out htr the best. V\ riling that follows a straight line does not mean a great deal to the analyst, except that it assists in con- firming other trails of cliaiacler in the bamlwriling. .\ writer in ill health who is des- pondent and worried will write (lownliill. He is a pessimist and al odds with the world in" his gUxiiny attitude and low n\orale, tending to be disc(>tiraBed from the outset. .•Inyflue wishing a more complele analysis please send selfaddressed stamped enjelope lo Hox H, room 4-M. 7.) .Idehide .V*. ]l'est, Toronto. V here is no charge for Ihix service. issue 87â€"1947 C J.E. BULLETIN Education Joins Fun In Teen Town at Ex. ill step with modern tempo. "Teen Town" at the Lx. will be one of the buzziest spols on the isrounds down by the drink on the mezzanine floor of ihe Aulo- nuitive Building. 'J liree fashion shows will be staged there daily, showing back- to-school clothes in the moderate priced lines. ( ommentating and modelling will he done by stu- dents.' ni.i. ' < Hi 'â- '. 1 Teen' Town Theatre will run continuously from noon until 10 p.m. with spelling bees and public speaking competitions, var- iety shows by high schools, music shows by teen-age community clubs and movies plus plenty more attractions. Everything there comes for free, loo. The educational exhibits and class competitions in manual training, home economics, art and the like will be located in the Town. Besides there is to be a record bar and a milk bar oper- ating full tilt. An outdoor area will be set aside for supervised dancing. ' Help From Red CroM Last >ear the Canadian Red Croi* spent $7,100,000 on relief to Euroj»- can countries and China out of sur- plus war funds, and nearly $'»,000.- 000 for peacetime work within the ' Dominion. A. GOOD TIME is had b/ all when you serve Matt- well House Coffee. It*ci hleiided by experts and Radiant Roasted foic extra flavor â€" *'Good to the Last Drop!" \oa will P.n]a7 Hiarlas *< The St. Regis Hotel TOnONTO C ever/ naom WItk Balk lllioner aad Talephsaa a Muglr. t2Mt apâ€" Dnnblr, fSJlO np m GUHl Food. DIalos aad Duw- las NIchtIr SkrrboDrB* at Carleaa TrI. RA. *iaii How Can I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can 1 protect the bands properly before beginning house- cleaning, or any work around the house that is rough on the hands? A. Before beginning the work, moisten some white soap and work it into the pores, under the finger- nails, and around the cuticle. When finished working, wash the hands and all the soil will come off with the soap. Q. Is whitewash a disinfectant, A. Yes; it also preserves plaster and wood, and if properly prepared it acts as a fire retardment. Use plenty of it. Q. How can I prevent an omelet from collapsing? A. This can be avoided if a pinch of powdered sugar and a pinch of corn starch are beaten in with the yolks of the eggs. Q. How can I set colors in deli- cate fabrics? A. Epsom salts is excellent for this purpose. Add a leaspoonful lo each gallon of water and the article will wash easily without losing its color. MtO.MS BEAVTirCM.1 ri«Ni.«iiEii $1 5Q up HOTEL METROPOLE NIAOABA rAUJt OPP. â€" C.N.m. STATION ANIMAL INSECT POWDEK A modern and highly effectita insect powder containing DDTi Rotenone and other active ia- gredients skilfully blended ia «. oon-irritatiog powder-^safe ti» use but deadly to lice, ticks, fleas and other parasites attack- ing farm animals. *Iradmari Ret' J. ORDER FROM YOUR DEALEII GIRLS WANTED Several openings are available for girls to learn power sewing machine operation. Piece work earnings of oper- ators, $20.00 to $25.00 weekly for five day week. No Saturday work. Excellent working conditions in bright, modern plant equipped with Cafeteria. Plant located on St. Lawrence River, 60 miles from Ottawa and 100 miles from Montreal. Apply Caldwell Linen Mills, IROQUOIS. ONTARIO '.â- 'Jf (C**».V»V-» â- Â« al^ CONTAINS f. VITAMIN »i ESSENTIA*. MII4ERALS REUI PEP iinD EHERGY Dr.ChaseV Nerve Food Â¥MiJMiS a/^M^^/ RECIPE Add 1 envelope Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast and 1 tsp. sugar to 1 c. lukewarm water. Stir and Icl stand 10 minutes. Scald I c. milk, add 5 tbs. sugar; add 2 tsp. salt and cool to lukewarm. Add to yeast mixture. Add 5 c. sifted flour and beat until perfectly smooth. Add 4 tbs. melted shortening and 3 c. more sifted flour, or enough to make easily handled dough. Knead well. Place in greased bowl. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about l^i |lV>ur!> Punch dough down in nowl and let rise again in warm place until nearly do\ibl;^ in bulk, about 40 min. When light, roll out into rectangular .sheet }r" thick. Brush with melted gutter ft ibwctyog; cu{ into strips 1)^" wide. Pile 7 strips together; cut into piece l''_wide. Place inch- side up in greased mufltn pans. Cover; let rise in warm place, free from draft, until light, about 1 hour. Hake in 49OX oven for 20 minutcsj f T •» -^ r â- i r i r t â- ^ -1 â- < A T 4 •4 T •V i 1 ^oj: «^^ / 41'