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A\ Cook‘s Kegalat:ing Compound Be Proud of: Your Stove‘s Good Looks]! pimples ? An unsightly back Plan to enjoy the pleasures am:{ convenâ€" iences of an escorted tour this summer. Visit Jasper National Park. See the great Canadian Rockies... the Pacific Coast ... or Alaska. Or go eastâ€"the Maritimes and Old Quebec. Choice of~dates and itineraries available. Full information, descriptive booklets and reservations from any agent of Canadian National Railways. Unpleasant BRAND 1 . . enjoy the satisfaction of having a stove that looks as well as it cooks! ZEBRA will keep it new and glossy through fl years of use. CORN SYRUP AHAATE NEUAEPUUTIC! o‘the De Luke Upboistoring €o., A_ aafe, relinble regulating‘ have purchased from J. S. Snyder of mmiint PipoC B"f 2H Conestogo the store at 125 West ho 2.$5; to 5. 41 per bess King St, now occupied by the S. Bola i‘{ »il druggists, or seng Florence House furnishings. it is reâ€" Ee peliphit, met, of_ Bicer ported that plans are being drawn to THE cooK 'fl“"c"‘m erect a modern entrance of the TORONTO.GCNT. [Formeriy W arcade type. 2 ZIEBRA A Friend of the Family of rough red LIQUID STOVE POLISH RECKITT‘S (Oversea) LIMITED ‘LARGE SUMS _ :: _ SPENT ON ; O EDUCATION: The Chronicle is in receipt of the apnual report of Inspectors Roberts and Norman for North and South Waterloo which gives much informaâ€" tion on the progress of the schools during the year. The trustoes of the various schools are commended for the interest shown in the achools. The reports make reference to the activities of the school children in the ‘beautification of the school grounds, equipment; libraries, atâ€" tendance, medical and dental inspecâ€" tion, fifth classes, agriculture, houseâ€" hold science and manual training, music, school fairs, high school exâ€" aminations, etc. Education Department Gives Amount of Money Spent on County Schools. Reference is made to the new three roomed building erected in St. Jucobs ard the remodelling of five rural school buildings «o that the schools will uniform with departâ€" ment requirements. The report shows that the chil dren have taken a keen interest in the beautification of the grounds, over 19,000 trées being supplied by school children for forestry departâ€" ment. The suggestion is made that each school have a small forestry of birch, maple, elm, beech, pine, etc. School Attendance The highest percentage of the various municipalities including townships, the towns and Galt is held by Eimira with 99.6 and the lowest is that of Ayr, the percentage of which is 90.6. The averages as based on the relation of the aggregate atâ€" tendance to the possible attendance. Pigures for the other municipalities are: North â€"Dumfries township, 97.1; Waterloo township, 95.2; Wellesley township, 94.8; Wilmot township, 47.9; Woolwich township, $3.8; Galt, 97.2; Hespeler, 95.7; Preston, 95.8; Waterloo 97.6; Ayr, 90.9; New Hamâ€" burg, 96.3. THREE SETS OF TRIPLETS IN SHEEPâ€"RAISER‘S FLOCK CBRQ 58 leading into a email entry and thence to the side porch, and 'umm‘ by which Mr. Milbrath affirmed that hé entered and left the house when he returned for his suitcase on the day of the tragedy. On the right of the hall were a dining room and kitâ€" chen, with a billiard room leading from the dining room into the north extension. On the left were two par lors; the extension room, separated from the parlors by & narrow entry l-‘hidl likewise opened onto a small portico, had been Mr. Somhers‘ l ‘brary, and was the room where the bousemaid, Maggie Arms, was the |first to see the master of Overlook ‘lying dead. _ _ | "I do no‘ like this place, sir," he said, with a visible shudder. "I | would to God you would no‘ think |of remainin‘ in it. It is a place of {mysteries, an, you would be far more comfortable in the village." l 1 laughed. ‘"Tut, Horsford! Such nonsense from an ablebodied man like you! A beautiful place like this should not be permiited to go to ruin in |disuse, and I mean to enjoy myself jhere free from oldâ€"womanish fanâ€" cles. Come, give me a hand with this window, will you?" The second floor contained sleep ing roome; the third floor a large storeroom in which were ranged boxes and trunks and discarded pieces of furniture, and a sleeping room which had been occupied by the two women servants. > "I shall be obliged if Mre. Horsâ€" ford can let me have dinner with you," I said. "After that I hope to have Gaspard with me and shall trouble you only for cream and eggs and the fresh things from the garâ€" den, which, doubtless, you can sup Upon the threshold of the library Horsford hesitated. The deep red appeared again be neath the burn in Horsford‘s face, but said no more and did as I asked. When we had gone through the house, looking into each room and closet, 1 dismissed Horeford. Such a bil of scenery, bright with the sun of a glorious day, should have acted like champagne uporn my spirits. Instead, a sense of hopelossâ€" ness swept over me as I turned back to the house. It was the first feeling of discouragement to which I had yieldcd, and so strong was the remâ€" nant‘ of superstition in me that for the moment [ could but believe that it was a forerunner of impending dis ‘appulmment. The next instant I shook mysel{, and resolutely turned to. the library, determined to begin my work with a cheoerful mind. Horsford nodded. ‘"Aye, sir. Good day, sir," he said, and wes off, heartily glad, apparâ€" ently, to get away. â€" I watched him for a moment going at a quick pace across the lawn, and then I looked off upon the panorama that stretched before my eyes as 1 stood upon the portico. Ahead lay the village of Winton, a row of straight, strong trees markâ€" ing the line of the main street as it wandered out to the lighthouse that stood white and solitary on the point. To one side lay the bay and the spires and glistening roofs of Bevâ€" orly. Beyond the lighthouse the hay <ldened into the ocean, and 1 could see the surf pounding unceasingly uwpen the stony shore at the foot of the marshlands beyond the Winton station. 1 paused at the entrance to the room and made a careful survey of it. It was an unusually large apartâ€" ment, being fully twentyâ€"five feet wide by thirty feet long. The two windows, which faced the west, were about eight feet apart, and between them was placed a rollâ€"top desk of oak. A swivel chair with arms stood before it. On the south wall was an open fireplace with a black marble mantel above It; and near by stood a leather readingâ€"chair with a padded headâ€" roll. There was but one other chair in the room, straightâ€"backed, rushâ€" bottomed and of Colonial appearance â€"an heirloom probably. * Everywhere were books in eases} built into the wall. Every inch of ‘ available space was taken, from an , inch above the floor to the height of ‘ {ive feet. On the walls above hung | a few good pictures but all of snlrl jecte that testified to Mr. Somhers‘ erratic taste. Dante‘s "Inferno" was one of them; two other were reproâ€" ductions of Sir Noel Paton‘s “Qunr-' rel of Oberon and Titania" and "Reâ€"l conciliation of Oberon and Titania." At a later period, Milbrath told me that for many years a picture of Mr. Somhers‘ only child, Roland, who had died at the age of seven, had hung between the windows above the desk, but not long ago that had given place to the picture of Nero standâ€" ing upon an eminence and watching with a triumphant and demoniacal amile the burning of distant Rome. The couch upon which Mr. Somhers‘ body was found stretched across the southwest corner of the room before bookcases.. Like the readingâ€"chair it was upholstered in black leather. A valuable tigerâ€"skin rug lay before the fireplace, and in the centre of the room under the chandelier was an oblong table with piles of papers and magazines. This table was the first object upon which my gaze rested after opening up the room, but now as I glanced at it 1 perceived something which surely had not been there at that time. It was a sheet of foolscap THE W EB wety 8 a _ I took the paper in my hands and examined it closely. The printing had been done with a writing fluid and very recently, for the ink, which lm time would be black, was still blue. It had been done hastily, too, or by a person laboring under inâ€" tense excitement, for the lettering was irregulear. The paper fora half sheet of ordinary lined (% trifle ragged on the edge whic been cut. My first act was to drop to the floor, careful not to obliterate any paper, and as 1 approached it, 1 read mmmuu.-mmm- possc tm "* Nhne sarch four to t o He who ventures hore were better The rug which covered the greater portion of the room had a backâ€" ground of straw color, and while dusty, showed little tracking. On the south side of the room it reached to a tiling before the fireplace; on the other three sides there was a border three feet wide, perhaps be tween it and the bookcase or the door and windows, of a lightâ€"colored hardwood. From the door to the nearer window the prints of two pairs of shoes crossing and recrossâ€" ing were unmistakeably mine and ‘Horsrord's. My prints, that tracked towards the farther window, crossed the room diagonally and ran directly from the doorway to the table, I also Tfound. But before the farther winâ€" dow, on the corresponding side of the table, and, indeed, at intervals throughout the southern end of the room from east to west the dust was aside in wide swaths. Obviously this had been done to cover the tracks of the intruder, and it showed me that I had a farseoing rascal with whom to deal. possible footprints. In vain I searched for‘ a footprint that the brush had overiooked. Not one remained. The bookshelf, even, gave me no assistance, except to show that the missing volume was one of a set of Byron‘s poems. Now, would Horsford take away a volume of Byron? Improbable, unless he were a cleverer man than I gave him cre dit for being, or unless he were actâ€" ing under the instruction of a deep brain. Indeed, before I had fully analyzed the situation I had reached the conclusion that if Horsford had entered the room while I was standâ€" ing upon the portico fancying him still hurrying fieldward, he was but the instrument of a cleverer man than himseilf. to C 1 could not doubt that he had enâ€" tered by the farther windowâ€" which, by the way, was the very one by which the assaesin of Mr. Somâ€" hers was believed to have leftâ€"had put the warning upon the table, and had rotreated by the same route, brushing vigorously the spots where he had trod. From the width of the marks it was evident that they had been made with a small brush like a whiskâ€"broom. ‘But why did my mysterious stranger use his brush beyond the line of the table and the flreplace, even to the southeast corâ€" ner? Ah! A book was missing from the second shelf in the southeast corner! . The door leading from the entry to the tiny portico held ‘back reluctâ€" antly when I tried to open it, and creaked with the stiffness of unused hinges when at last I succeeded. The window through which my warâ€" ner must have enterod was but a step from this portico, and though 1 examined the ground and grase about it I could find no indication that they had been recently trodden upon, a curious condition, ‘as the window still stood full four feet above the ground, and the intruder must have come down with some emâ€" phasis. 2 being worsted, I returned to the 1i brary and closed and locked the winâ€" dows and drew the shades Then I closed and fastened the other winâ€" dows which I had so recently opened With an uncomfortlable senA of When you need new energy, when you are hot and mouth is dryâ€"pep up with Wrigley‘sâ€"it moistens mouth and throat. ‘The increased flow of saliva The Unsociable Mr. Arms Have a care!" ,month.;fimv increasingly pale and languid as the spring days ap proach. A tonic for the blood and nerves at this time will do much for such people, by putting color in the cheeks and banishing that tired feol ing that worries thousands of people at this season of the year. It is imposstble to ‘be energetic if your blood is thin and weak, or if â€"your nerves are frayed or shattered. You cannot compete with others if _ ‘The good old fashion of taking a tonic in the Springtime, Hike most of the customs of our grandparents, is based upon sound common sense and good medical practice. Winter is aiâ€" ways a trying time for those who are not in rugged health. Many men, women and children go through the winter on reserve strength they have stored up during the sunny summer you do not get refreshing sleep at night, or if your appetite is poor or you are losing weight. You need a tonic at this time to add to your efficiency now, as well as to save you from suffering later on. And in all the reaim of medicine, there is no safer and better tonic than Dr. Wilâ€" liems Pink Pills These pills tone and enrich the blood which circulates through every portion of the body, strengthening jaded nerves and runâ€" down organs, and bringing a feeling of new strength and energy to weak, easily tired, despondent men, women and children. You Can Lay the Foundation of Good Health Now by Building Up Your Blood and Strenthening Your Nerves Through the Use of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pille. Mre. L. Hupman, Summervilie Cenâ€" tre, N.S., writes:â€""Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills have been of the greatest benefit to me. A few years ago I was in a ‘badly run down condition. I beame so weak and nervous that I could scarcely go about, and doing my housework, left me completely used up. Everything seemed to worry me, and I was in a very discouraged condition when I ‘began taking Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. I soon found the pills helping me, and continuing their use I fully regained my health. Since then I always take a few boxes in the Spring to build me up for the hot weather, and always I find the best results. I therefore cheerfully recommend these pills as the best of health builders. throughout the first floor, and I saw that all doors were locked behind me as I left the house. I would see that screens were put in place before I ‘eft the windows open again. A lockâ€" ed screen does not prevent admisâ€" sion, but it is likely to bear some trace if tampered with. I looked at my watch and found that it was only nine o‘clock and there was yet time to call upon Mr. Arms before the noon hour. From the portico of the villa 1 could see that white house with its green shutâ€" ters, which Horsford had said was Mr. Arma‘. Near the house, I soon found, the road took a turn to the right and ran on and into the main streot of Beverly. You can get these pills from any medicine dealer, or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine ‘Co., Brockville, Ont. The house looked asieep as I ap proached it half an hour later. The shutters were drawn and the front ind side doors were closed. No sound, save the clucking of hens, disâ€" turbed the silence. Then there floatâ€" ‘d out upon the air a woman‘s fresh young voice: ‘"Bonnie sweet Bessie, | the maid of Dundee," she sang and . stopped&far my knock upon the oldâ€"| fochioned ‘brass knocker resounded , through the house. | Silence prevailed again, and again I applied the knocker. This time I‘ caught a glimpse of a pink and white face through a shutter cautiously turned in a window close by, and diâ€" rectly the door was opened slowly. A young woman stood before meâ€" the one whose song I had heard and whose cheek I had seen I did not doubt; ‘but there was a curious, starâ€" tled expression in her eyes that I could not understand. I stepped in through a narrow hall, from which a pair of steep stairs climbed directly to the second floor, and into a darkened room, the door of which the girl threw open for me, and which proved to be a typical New England country parior. Alâ€" most before my eyes had grown acâ€" customed to the dim light the girl was ‘back, and with her a stout and spirited _ looking elderly woman whom she said was ‘"Ma." "He has gone into town, sir," the startled expression deepening in her eyes. â€" ‘‘Then I will sit here on the steps for a while. He may come while I wait.. I have w:\ked from Overlook and this shade is pleasant." "As you like, sir. If you prefer to come inside, I will call mother." "I should like to speak with Mr. Arms," I said. , "Will he return soon?" ‘‘That, sir, I cannot say. Some times it is noon beforeâ€"â€"before the truck is sold," "It is my «on you would wish to see, sir?" asked Mrs. Arms. "Your husband, is he not?" { res ponded. "Until recently the farmer at Overlook ?" "My ‘usband? Ho, no, sir. My ‘usâ€" band ‘as been dead these five and twenty year ‘T is my son Jim who ‘ad the farm at Hover®ok." Here was another surprise for me, for I had pictured Mr. Arms as elâ€" derly as the woman before me apâ€" peared to be. _ _ _ _ Minard‘s has wonderful Antiseptic power. o (To be Continued) J. Howard Simpson _ Oscar Rumpeo! Jos. Stauffer P. E. Shants ARTHUR FOSTER â€" â€" Manager JOHN FISCHER â€" â€" Inspectors WILLARD SNIDER The Young Men‘s Class of the Evangelical Church at a recent meetâ€" ing elected Willard Snider president, Harold Lacey viceâ€"president, and M. W. Both secretary treasurer. The mesting was held at the home of Andrew Urstadt, class instructor. The feature of the meeting was a debate, "Resolved that poverty rathâ€" er than riches tends to develope character." The decision of the judges, Lloyd Ratz, M. Schatz and Ira Snyder, was given in favor of the affirmative which was uphold by Stewart Kruegor and Murray Snider. Messrs. Howard Heibein and Willard Snider upheld the negative. Games were later indulged in and at the clos refreshments were served. Waterloo County friends learned with regret of the passing of Mrs. M. Frank at Toledo, Ohio, on March 19th. Deceased was the eldest sister of the late Mrs. James Scott of Waterloo, and an aunt of Miss Alice Scott, King St. S. The funeral was held on Monday, March 24th. C. A. BOEHM INSURANCE AGENCIES LIMITED C. A. BOEHM INSURANCE AGENCIES LIMITED District Agents Picture Framing x [%, & _ % CLEMENT, CLEMENT, HATTIN & Established 1863 EASTMAN, law ofices, Bank of Toronto Building, 19 King Street ASSETS OVER $1,400,000 East, Kitchener. Phone 2310. F. STEELE Suitable for any kind of rupture. Prevent yourâ€" self from torture and get a truss to fit you. We have the knowledge and experience to fit you right. 99 Weber St. East Between Cedar & Scott Sts. Kitchener A. 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