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THE TURNER TRIBUNE V O L. TU1CNKH, O B K U O X , TKFU B 8I>AY( X. HAPPENINGS OF GUHHENT WEEK I N Q U I R Y W A N T E D BY W A L S H — . i i M im i.na Kcnalor Turn, on Mrllon'a Aluminum Uumpany. Washington. II. (' A general In- llroa Everywhere. of tho la a .In«k holder. appoarod Monday nlyht aa a poaalblllty. General Gain in Production De clared Undesirable. Surh an Inquiry wa. proposed to Iho Jutllrlary rommlttoo by Konator Walah, domo< rat. Montana, proaorutur of tho InvoatlRallon to dolorm lno wbothor tho doparlmont of Juatlro haa proceed- od with duo dlllRonro In dotormlnlnR Event* o f N o I m I People. Government. wbothor tho rompany baa violated fed oral court d o rro c . • ml Farlffr N o r th * w l. and Othrr A fter tho rommlttoo hud takon (h i. Thin g. Worth K n . « i > ( . propo.nl under advl.omont, Attorney- Conoral Knrgont advl.od tho aonalo In an “ Informal" opinion that the jus- A 20(10 room hotel to bo rallini the tiro dopnrtmont wa. without authority Uoullilgo. In honor of the president, under pro.ont law to Compel the fed will ho atartoil In Chicago within M eral trade romml.alon (o furnl.h ovl- ilaya I'lolko A liroabjr. builders, have donro in tlto ra .o whlrh Iho rominla announced Tin* hostelry will be 25 •Ion hold* to bo “ ronfldentlal ” Itofu.lnR to furnl.h a "form al" opin •torlo, and roal $5.1)00.000. ion to couRroa. under a pollry which Ilurlnic Iho world war. E ric Haggard j "haa obtained for more than a cen of Ow l.Iioud. Mo., served and escaped tury.” the attorney Ronoral aald tho on two Ir a n .porla w hlrh worn lor authority to compel production of the podood. Sunday ho w a . drownod w ith "ronfldentlal" evidence furnl.hod by in >l|lil of hla own homo whon hla tlio aluminum rompany appeared to lllllo boat, ladon with lo b .lo r trnpa. re.ldo In the aenata. which ordered the r a palimi In tho hoavy »urf InvoatlRallon by the romml.alon. Konator W alah'. propoaal. whh-h la liuplli-atIon of tho ra h l. from flam Hold, Vanrouyor (.land, to F a n n in g , to be rnn.ldervd h r . In Thur.day by laland. In m M-Pacific. will lio rom ¡ tho Juillrlary rommlttoe. la that tho plotod by September 30 th l. year Th o .m a te direct the rommla.lon to fur- work, w hlrh la being dono by tho Tolo- nt.h th l. evidence to It. Inve.ilRatlna graph t'onatrurllon A Malntnnanro committee. Tho romml.alon withhold It from tho Jualra department on • rom pany. will cost £2.400.000 3to-2 volo. Com rip o rla of aoyrn nallonalllloa t'h ara ctortiln R th l* action a* "aeuao- •ro contending for poa.o.alon of part leaa,” Senator Walah. In hla report, re- of tho famoua Itomanoff croan Jewels, ituo.tod that tho aonato rail not only which tho aovlot government haa piar for th l. evidence, but for all of that od on tho markot. Am orlrana aro tho In the poaaoaalon of Iho rommlaalon noa l active bidders, rloaoly followod upon whlrh that body baaed It a con- by French and Unitali v ip o rt. • lu . Iona In 1924 that Iho rompany had A atlpulatlon that huahand and wlfo violated the 1913 conaolit decree. bo full partner, and aharo oqually “ G igolo” H eadge ar S cream . tholr Joint not Inromo will bo ron lalnod In a marrlano ro ntrart for C hirac» Thu latest scream In fern w hlrh Doria Htcvona. pro.ldont of tho Intne headgear I. entitled the “ Gigolo," National Woman'* party and wlfo of a amall felt concern with a high crown, I>u<lI..y Field Malono. will »oek leg pushed up at tho hack and pulled down I . látiro .aiu-tInn. In front over Ihe boylah bob. It origi PUT IN CONCISE FORM LESS DEMAND Sweet H em e.- The farmers at Sweet | Home and around Holley are overhaul- j Ing their plow. Ibis week. If the good j weather continue* they will begin i In- spring plowing Immediately. SEEN Slightly Smaller Crop o f Wheat dirated W llh jHtocka Raisin. — Non-realdenl registrations, of motor vehicles In Oregon during! January aggregated 1442. according to a report repared by the «la te depart-' Blent. 'Not l lu r denso me. '* McMinnville Despite the fracture of two vertebrae In hi. neck. Marvin j Kuykendall. 21, o f Yamhill, was Sat ] urduy discharged from a local hospital, and pronounced out of danger. Washington. D. C. — Declaring the Aloha.— T hieve* entered the grain farmers generally In a better position (•slny than al any other time since ^and feed store of J. Shilling Wednes- 1920 , Ihe department of agriculture, day night and escaped with 150 sacks ! In u statement Kunday night on the of feed. A few week* ago 8ldwell‘e gar- farm outlook for 1926. said: "An y gen age was entered, but the robbers were eral expansion In production this year frightened away and obtained nothing would tend to place farmers In a lesa j PorUaad _ „ „ Ioaaei of m 5 favorable economic position than * ‘ 1 prnoun, „ d to $ 1 , 107 . 33 « 96. 13 lives present. I were lost. 10 Injured. 33 arrested on There w s . Utile likelihood, the d«e Bri(on fh a r fe , „ d , 3 » for Yto|a,ion of purtment said, of a larger domestic ^ p rt. Y e n | j o n laws, according to the and foreign demand for agricultural annua, report of Grenfell. fire predio 1 « (»11 ihe m nirary. there were marshal. Indicai lens o f a possible decrease In Independence.— A mysterious explo the demand In Ihe latter part of Ihe sion In the Valsc-tx home of I. A. Hitts, yeur. “ No reduction In farm wages may lim ber faller In camp No. 1 of the ( be expected,“ It wax added, "and the Cobbs Mitchell Lumber company, at 3 coat of farm equipment will probably o'clock Saturday morning, started a m n it In at p r ie n t le v H . SufNclect f,r* l^m onths^ld Pitta fin d « will I m * avallubl«* for agricultural baby wan burned to death. Hillsboro.— The Washington County credit In most regions at about the Rod aud Gun club unanimously voted same rates ns In 1925.“ A slightly smaller world crop of to support the movement to close the wheat was Indicated, wllh world stocks Big and Little Neatucca river* to com-1 at the beginning of Ihe new crop year merclal fishing at a meeting held re- "not burdensome." ' < ently. The action was taken In the Domestic stocks were likely to be form o f a resolution, smaller, and the statement declared Albany.— Ivan Murphy and Henry It an average o f hard spring whoa. n *w k are In tho Lina county Jail equal to that of last year wa» planted awaiting trial on charges of possession | and average yields secured, export 0f dper meat out of season. The pair : nnd domestic prices might be expected wng arrested near Brownsville by to be “ more in line with those In other s h e riff Richard. Deputy Sheriff LU- exporting countries than at present." |ard anj Deputy Game Warden Hawk ( ’urn i c r e o f f «»qua! lo last year, the BIACK GAMO A Sequel to Bulldog Drummond. C ü f V H í H T VT 11 L O A N OCX B Y O Jt/ l M c M E ILE SArrtR G U X U TH E CLERGYM AN E T N O P E I * .— T o a g a t h e r i n g o f anarc hists In H ark ing , Lond on suburb, Zab oleff. fo r e ig n a g i t a tor, tel ls o f the op era ti on s o f a body o f men w ho ha ve be come a menace to t h ei r ac ti vit ies . He says they are mas ked and wea r l o n g black cl o a k s and a re a c t i n g w it h o u t the law. H e Is I n t e r rupted by the men he Is d e s c ri b in g ( t h e B l a c k O a n g ) . w ho break up the m ee tin g , se nt en ci ng some o f the p a r tic ip a nt s to co nd ig n punishment and c a r r y i n g a w a y others. A m em ora ndu m found on Z a b o ls f f g i v e s an address In H ox to n, w h ic h the lea de r o f the a t t a c k i n g pa r ty co nsid ers o f Im portance. Sir ¡«ryan Johnstone, d ir e c t o r o f c r im in a l i n v e s t i g a tion. hears fr o m Inspec tor Me- I ve r, sent to a rre st Z ab ol ef f the n ig ht b ef ore , o f his dlsedtnlUure. H e had been seised and c h l o r o fo rm e d and his raid frustrated. H u g h Drummond, man o f leisure, tel ls Johnstone o f seei ng the ki d napers and th eir victims. H e be co mes an unpaid a g e n t o f the police, under M d v e r . Wt lltain Atk ins on , os te ns ib ly p a w n b r o k e r and mone y lender, r e a ll y Count Zad ow a. d ir e c t o r o f a na rc hy In En gla nd , does * business In a n o t h e r L o nd on suburb. A mys ter ious stranger Inv ad es the premises. D ru m m on d a tt em pt s to b u r g l a r i s e the premis es to g e l evidence. W h i l e so eng&gexl, w it h t w o companions, a bomb Is hurled at them T h e exp loMon kill s " G i n g e r M a rti n ." ex pe r t bu rg la r. Drum mo nd and hts frie nd escape, t a k i n g w ith them a b a g th ey find on the floor. CHAPTER V — Continued —*— statement added, would suffice, with w h eeler.— Early Saturday fire broke “ Well, there, old son. at the mo tY «r i| e ylcldt. to meet fa d in g and out in the roof o f the fuelroom at the ment you have me beat," conceded rommcrrial requir^menta ua fully a« plant of the Westwood Lumber com- Hugh. “ I sort nf figured It out this in 1925. Relatively low price, prob- ^ hprp bu, qu,ck actlo„ o f the ■ way. Whoever the bird Is who bunged ably would continue for oats unless . cw>w m„ , pnt , hJ that bomb, he recognized me as being yields were greatly reduced. \ bIale under control. It was thou* ht | the leader o f our little bunch. I mean For cattle, the department «.id the |ho, aparkll from ,h# burner ,gnlted It was me he was staring at through the door, with eyes bubbling over with "Immediate and long time outlook" sawdust on the roof. tenderness and love. It was me that was favorable with a "reasonable con Hundred« of pernon. Sunday watch » ‘ ant demand” for beef anticipated. I Salem. Expansion of the plant o f bally bomb was Intended for— not od tho tranafer of more Ilian 900 prle The number o f steers was said to t e , *'<> Oregon Fulp A Paper company Ginger Martin, though he was actual nnera lo the new I xm AnRolea county the lowest In many years, hut present here at a cost of approximately $450.- ly doing the work. And If this cove Is prepared to wreck his own office Jail. The prlaoner. ataRod a amall riot 1 t .- illnK stocks were apparently large he made during the present | Just to get me out of the way— I before leavInR the old overrrowdod enough to "supply as*much beef as It Year, according to reports current In guess I must be somewhat unpopular.“ prlaon. wrerklnK two tank, and en 1 Salem. Money with which to make will pay rattle producers to raise.’ “ The reasoulng seems extraordi itanRrrlnR the hulldlnR for a while by The outlook for the hog industry ap- ’ hp Improvement probably will be ob- narily profound.“ murmured Peter. aettinR fire to a pile of debrla. peared favorable, with prices main- ,aln<'d through a common stock issue, "N ow the great point Is— does he mined at high levels. Iloga In a r e a »1 P end leton— Bridge and road build- know who I am?" continued Hugh. Chair Y lald. to Solon. .Information .promt In Rovernment “ Our greut difficulty before Zaboleff circle. Sunday that the department of Washington. I) C.— Senator Heflin of commercial production were aald |nK contractors have received material was kind enough to present us with to be the smallest in five years and benefits as the result of the mild Ju.flre w a. prepared to move quick of Alabama look the floor during Mon the address of their headquarters was ly aRuInnt rertaln pliaaea of bread and day's lax debate In Ihe senate, hut not the present "strong domestic demand weather that has prevailed this win- to get In touch with the man at the fooal produrt. miTRer. The character In the usual parliamentary sense al fi r pork products" seemed likely to ter. according to members of the coun- top. And now the headquarters are | ty court, and construction work In no more. No man can work in an of of Ihe p r o e e e d ln R . remained a care all. He took it actually, fur the chair contlnue most of 1926. Although rroflts were likely to be Umatilla county has gone forward fice with periodical bowlders falling fully Runrded aorret and no official In which ho was sitting suddenly col of Ihe department would dlaruna II. lapsed and left him sitting on the less than during Ihe last two years, much more rapidly than had been estl- on his head from the roof, and a large Ihe doparlmont forecast a "good mated. hole In the wall Just behind him. I rug. Word from the alate of Clilapa.. | Port|and _ January whoat exports mean there's no privacy about I t It happened so suddenly and noise year" for the sheep Industry. •oulhern Mexico, any* (he tomb of The dairy Industry generally was from PortInnd totaled 1,730.170 bushels And so—unless he knows me— he lessly that only one or two of hla col Cuauhtemoc. the Inat emperor of M et «nid to he In a relatively strong posi valued at $2.793.359. marking a ma- won’t he able to carry on the good leagues seated near him In tho rear work when he finds that neither of Irn. ha. b<>en dt.cuvered In Ihe uioun (lon Slight Increases in young stock , prlA , ( „ c r e a s e OTPr the same foreign j of the chamber knew It. my boots has reached the top o f St. tain., where Ihe memory of the heroic A democratic »pooch by Senator during Ihe next two years might be Hh|pmeDta for th„ „peutug month of Paul's. We shall he parted again— Axlec .till I. revered. ArrordtnR to the d* department said. Should , „ 5 when lhey aggregated 279.9!« King pf I'tah was in pregre.a al (he which Is dreadful to think of. Why, alory, the RuardlnR of tho tomb haa timo. the present trend In foreign production bnihe|g „ , 493 , 4,0 l „ January. 1924. we might even pass one another In the been handed down from Roneratlon to continue upward, however, and con there were 2,169.615 bushels sent for- street as complete strangers.” generation. sumption In Europe fail to Increase. e |R„. vaiued at $ ;.js i, 63 C. “ I get you,” said Peter. “ And you Faculty Women Smoke. foreign competition In domestic mar don’t know him.“ In one of th larReat Irnnaartlona of Pendleton.— A new era of develop Berkeley. Cal. The clubhouse of the "N ot well enough to rail hint Bertie. It. kind In tho Industrial hi.lory. In | woman's faculty at tho University of kets would be an important price fac ment for the Irrigated district In the There's a humpbacked blighter up vo I v I iir approxlmatoly $165,000,000. California haa decided to permit smok tor. west end o f Umatilla county looms | there who colls himself a count, and Rlalr A Co.. Inc., and (ho Cha.o So ing nml to offer cigarette* for *ale. with the approach of the time when 1 on whom I focused the old optic for CLAM S PR O PAG ATE D curltlea corporation of Now York. Sat Ihe water that will be stored in the about two seconds the other evening. Irresistible demand Is the explana FROM EGG TO A D U L T urday acqulrod control of tho Asso- tion of tho move. Miss Marian Han- McKay reservoir Is available for use But whether he’s the humorist who clated Oil rompany. ono of tho largest some. manager of tho clubhouse, said Albany, N. Y. Science has stolen The dam is expected to be finished bunged the bomb or not Is a different proditrlnR and rofalnlnR companle. on “ It w a. the only thing we could do,’ another march on mother nature, the this fnll and water will he available nuftter.” lie glanced up as the door Ihe Pacific roaat. she declared. "Members o f (he chib stale conservation commission an- from the reservoir In the spring of opened. “ What Is it. Denny V' “ I found this bag. sir, In the pocket are mature women and certainly know nounrod Sunday It had learned to pro- 1927. Prohibition w a. tho forem o.t topic of the coat you were wearing tonight.’’ whether they want to smoke. Smoking pagate from eggs to adult Rule neck Salem. — The state prison show, In Now York church clrcloa Sunday His servant came Into the room car may be Injurious to young people ami «'lams, soft shell clam*, scallop« and which closed a five night stand at the Sovi-ral mlnlatora dlarua.eri Iho sub- rying the chamois leather bag. which perhaps should not be sanctioned In mussels. The commission last Septem- prison here Saturday night, attracted ! Joct In tholr »ormona. reforrlng lo tho he handed to Drummond. Stephens union. No students llvo at her announced It had successfully do- more than 3000 persons, according to j The door closed behind him, and ■tatomont Inat wook by Itev. Junto« the faculty club.” mcxtlratcd the wild oyster and was the box office receipts, which amount Hugh stared thoughtfully at the hug KmprlnRhnm. aecrolary of tho church raising It by hand, so to speak. In the pd to slightly more than $1500. A f t e r ! In his hand. tomporanre .ocloty, who now favors United States Claim Rejected. Glenn Uovo hatchery. “ I'd forgotten about this. Saw It tho expenses o f the production hare modification of tlio Vol.toad act to William Firth W ells, conservation b,,pn pn|d the balance of the receipts lying on the floor. Just before we legallxe llaht wlnoa and boor. Washington. I). C.—Controller Gen hopped It. Hullo I it's scaled.” eral McCarl has sot his official foot biologist, perfected the oyster culture K„ to a fund for the betterment of “ For goodness' sake he careful, Twonty robbers early Saturday sack down on an expenditure o f 33000 by work nml laid the foundation for other prison conditions. boy I” cried Phyllis. "It may be an ed a smalltown railroad office near | Astoria.— A strange fish which has the president's co-ordinating commis shellfish propagation. other bomb." Peoria, III.. aelxInR equipment which sion on national parks and national The commission believes that Mr. of ,,,en,lflcation locaUy was on Hugh laughed and ripped open the they later uaod to hold up and roll a W ells’ discoveries will not only assist p, b,b, „ on at a m arket herp Satuntay. forests for a tour made last summer. bag; then his eyes slowly widened In Hock Island freight train, from which As a result Jnmes T. Gratiot, owner a failing Industry for Ihe business of Thp f|ah about el)tht , „ choa ]on(t amazement ns he saw the contents. they took about 310.000 worth of al “ Oreat Scott I” he cried. "What the of Iho Diamond G. ranch near Yellow taking shellfish constantly becomes wjtb # „hovel-shaped head. The mouth rohol. Cuttlnft tho air hose on tho 70- — ,,r UM a on top of ihe head at the extreme devil have we got here?" stone nntlonal park, apparently will " " ’r" ........ . enr trnln, tho robbers held the crow we„ w lth teeth He emptied the hag out on to the receive nothing for furnishing the certnln supply hut will also Increase ,,„u ani, primmer, while tholr mate* carted the' T he fish was dug out o f the sand on | table, and for a moment or two the party with horses nnd camping equip a very desirable food. others stared silently at half a dozen barrel, of aleohol away In (rucks. ment during tho 15 days' visit. the Gearhart beach and was found two objects that flashed nnd glittered with Father K ill* Family- below the surface. Prem ier Mussolini's speech In tho a thousand flres. Five of them were Rail Men Ask Increase. San Diego. Cal.— Thomns M. Peteet. Vale.— A three-day hearing In the chamber of deputies Saturday, in white; but the sixth—appreciably Chicago Applications for wage In his wife nnd one daughter are dead W illow creek adjudication matter has lurger than the others, and they were which ho warnoil (lormany SRalnat tho anti-Italian cnmpalRn carried on In creases whlrh spokesmen of the rail and another daughter In In a serious been concluded before Judge Dalton the size o f walnuts— was a wonderful tho retch, w a. characterised frequent-, way managements said would exceed. condition as a result o f what police say niggs. In the circuit court. A large rose pink. “ Wlinl on earth are they? Lumps ly In polltlcnl circles aa alnioat equ lr-1 In some rases, 1920 peak rates, was fil was Peteet’s attempt to blot out his number of Brogan ranchers were of glass?” fam ily with gas. The four were found present, and other parties to the case alont lo a declaration of war attain.) ed with Ihe railroads Monday by the With a hand that shook a little. In the gaa-flllctl kitchen o f Peteot's were represented by counsel. Tuesday tlermany. All day long Mussolini', (rain service brotherhoods. Toby Sinclair picked one of them up Officials of (he Chicago A North home. An automatic pistol was found and Wednesday was taken up by argu- and examined It. word, of warning wore discussed, and hla speech was declared to be ono of western said that their employes In ^nenr Peteet and It wna thought ’ hat ments on what lands were to partlcl- No, you fellows,” he muttered, the beat, certainly tho moat signifi filing the application, had announced the man forced his fam ily to lie down pate In the distribution of W illow “ they're d'nmonils!" “ R o t!" cried Hugh Incredulously. cant. of hla International statement, that the demands were being rande ^on tho kitchen floor while he turned Creek water, and the quantity Tarious '*fh ey're diamonds," repented Toby. 1 lands were entitled to. since the Corfu Incident. today upon all roads of tho country. Ion the gas. “ I happen to know something about S liteen citation. Into court for vlo latlon of (ho 123 year old atato Sunday] blue law were made In Nashville, T rim . Sunday. AmotiR thoae aummon ml for operallna tbolr bualneaa on the Sabbath were the publlahora of two new.paper, and tho manaRor of tho city » ireel car company nated In Paris and (he name "G igolo" la a (erm applied to a dancing man H al« of alx centuries are being dis played at the exposition of the Allied Millinery Industrie*, which opened Monday. The belle o f 1390 donned a flat sailor wllh three large plumes spurting from Ihe sidy o f Its flat crown when she wanted to he particu larly devastating The first tennis girl wore a rumberaome heavy white lam. wllh her wide-skirted. full sleeved " « p e r l»" dreaa and the girl of 1904 thought she was n complete knockout In her Immense straw cartwheel of Merry Widow Influeuee. NO. 1926. Medford -Building permits In Mod- I ford for January are 353.431, for Jan 1 nary. 1925, the total was 312,715. Aluminum rompany o f Amorlra. Ill whlrh Hurr'dary Motion II, FARMERS WELL OFF, R S U. S. REPORT SAYS ro.tlR n tlon by th » aonalo of tlio prac- Bits of Best News Items From F K IIIt l’ A H Y W N.V. .riaeWca | precious stone*. These are diamond*.“ "But they limit be worth a lot." said Phyllis, picking up* the pink one. “ Worth a lot.” said Toby dazedly. Worth a lo t! Why. Mrs. Hugh, they •ire literally worth untold gold In the : right market. They are absolutely priceless. I've never even thought of such stones. That one that you're bolding In yoar hand would he worth over a quarter of a million pounds. If you could get the right buyer.“ For a moment no one spoke; then ] Hugh laughed cheerily. “ Bang g.-e* next month’s drees al lowance. old thing!“ l i e swept them all Into the beg. and stood up. I'm laying even money that the bomb- • thrower Is coughing some and then | again over his bread-and-mllk. This hag must have been In th* desk.“ ill* shoulders began to shake. “ Bow frightfully funny!" CHAPTER V I In Which There Is a Stormy Supper Party at the Rita It was Just about the time that Ginger Martin’s w ife became, all un consciously, a widow that the sitting- room bell of a certain private suite tn the Hit* was rung. The occu pants of the room were two in num ber— a man and a woman— and they had arrived only that morning from the Continent. The man. whose sig nature In the register announced him to be the Reverend Theodosius Long- moor— looked a splendid specimen of the right sort o f clergyman. Tall., broad-shouldered, with a pair of shrewd, kindly eyes and a great mass o f snow-white hair, he was the type of man who attracted attention where- ever he went, and In whatever society he found himself. A faint twang In his speech betrayed his nationality, and. Indeed, he maile no secret of IL He was an American, born and bred, who had been seeing first hand for himself some of the dreadful horrors o f the famine which was ravaging Central Europe. And with him had gone his daugh ter Janet— that faithful, cunttant companion of his. who since her moth er’s death had never left him. She was a good-looking girl, too— though perhaps unkind people might have said glrlhoo.d'8 happy days had reced ed somewhat Into the past. Thirty, perhaps— even thlrty-flve— though her father always alluded to her as “ My little girl." There was something very sweet and touching about their relationship; hts pride In her and her simple, loving adoration for dad. Undoubtedly a charming couple, had been the verdict o f their chance acquaintances — so simple, so fresh, so unassuming tn these days of complexity anil double dealing. A fter dinner, because Ids little Janet wus tired, the Reverend Theodosius nml his daughter remained In their suite. And for two hours until he got up and rang the bell, the Reverend Theo dosius was engrossed In w ork; while bis little Janet, lying on the sofa, dis played considerably more leg than one would have expected a vicar’s daugh ter even to possess. And occasional gurgles of laughter seemed to prove that Guy de Maupassant appeals to a mere catholic audience than he would have suspected. She was knitting decorously when the waiter came In. and her father ordered a little supper to be seat up. “ Some chicken, please, and a little foie gras. I am expecting a friend very soon— so lay for three. Some champagne— yes. Perrier Jouet ’04 will do. I'm afraid I don’t know much about wine. And a little Vichy water for my daughter." The waiter withdrew. "W hat time do you expect Zadowa?" Janet asked. “ He should have been here by now. I don't know why he’s late." "D id you see him this afternoon?" “ No. I was down at the office, but only for a short while." The sound of voices outside the door caused Janet to resume her knitting, and the next moment Count Zadowa was announced. For an appreciable time after the waiter had withdrawn be stood staring at them: then a smile crossed hts face. "Magnificent," he murmured. “ Su perb. Madame, I felicitate you. Well though I know your powers, this time you have excelled yourself. I have the most wonderful news for you." Reverend Theodosius bit the end off a cigar and stared at Ids visitor with eyes from which every trace of kindliness had vanished. " I t ’s about time you did have seine good news, Zadowa," he snapped. "Anything more d— d disgraceful than ihe way you’ve let this so-called Black Gang do you In. I've never heard of.” 21. But Ihe other merely smiled quietly. “ I admit IL” he murmured. “ Up to date they had scored a faint mea sure of surer«*— exaggerated, my friends, greatly exaggerated by the pa pers. Tonight came the reckoning, which Incidentally Is the reason why 1 am a little late. Tonight” — he leaned forward Impressively— “ the leader of the gang hlmaelf honored me with e visit. Aud the leader will lead no more." “ Yon killed him." said th* girl, helping herself tn champagne. “ I did." answered tb* count. “ And without the leader I think we ran Ig nore the gang.” “That's all right as far aa It goes.” said the Reverend Theodosius In a slightly mollified tone. “ But have you covered all your traces? In this coun try th* police get peevish over mur der." The count gave a self-satisfied smile. “ Not only th a t” he remarked, "hut t have made It apt>ear as If he had killed himself. Listen, my friend*, and I will give you ■ brief *t*tement o f the event* of the past few days I suddenly found out that the leader o f this gang had discovered my head quarters In Hoxton. I was actually talking to Latter In my office at th* time, when I beard outside the cull o f an owl. Now from the Informa tion I bad received, that was the ral lying call of their gang, and I dashed Into the passage. Sure enough, standing by the door at the end was s huge man covered from head to foot In black. Whether It was bravado that made him give the cry, or wheth er It was a ruse to enable him to see me, 1» Immaterial now. As I say— he Is deniL But— and this la the point — It made me decide that the ofllce there, convenient though It w a s would have to be given np. “ I was completing the final sorting out of my papers with my secretary, when the electric warning disc on my desk glowed red. Now, the office was empty, and the rail light meant that someone bad opened the door outside. I heard nothing, which only made It all the more suspicious So between us we gathered up every Important paper, switched off all lights and went out through the secret door. Then we waited.” He turned to the clergyman, who sat motionless save for a ceaseless tapping o f his left knee with his hand. “ Aa you know, monsieur." he pro ceeded, “there la au opening In that door through which one can see Into the room. And through that opening l watched developments A fter a while a torch was switched on at the further door, and I heard voices And then the man holding the torch came cautiously in. He was turning It Into every corner, but finally he focused It on my desk. I heard him speak to one of his companions who came Into the beam o f light and started to pick the lock. And It was then that I switched on every light, and closed the other door electrically. They were caught— caught like rats lu a trap." The hunchback paused dramatical ly. and drained hts champagne. I f he was expecting any laudatory remarks on the part o f his audience he was disappointed. Bat th# Reverend Theodosius and his little Janet might have been carved out of marble, save for that ceaseless tapping by the man o f his left knee. In facL had Count Zadowa been less pleased with him self and less sure of the effect he was about to cause he might have had a premonition of coming danger. There was something almost terrifying In the big clergyman’s Immobility. “ Like rats In a trap." repeated th# hunchback gloatingly. "T w o men I didn’t know, and— well, you know who the other was. True he had his mask 00 by way o f disguise, but I recognized him at once. That huge figure couldn’t be mistaken— It was the leader of the Black Gang him self." “ And w*iat did you do, Zadowa? How did you dispose o f oue or all those men so that no suspicion Is like ly to rest on you?” The hunchback rubbed his hands to gether gleefully. "By an act which, I think you will agree. Is very nearly worthy of your self, monsieur. T o shoot was Impos sible—because 1 am not sufficiently expert with a revolver to be sure of killing them. No—nothing so ordinary as that. They saw me watching them: 'I cun see bts eyes. Hugh,’ said ons o f them to the louder, nnd I remem bered suddenly that lu the passage not far from where I stood were half a dozen bombs— What Is It, monsieur?" lie paused In alarm at the look on the clergyman's face as he slowly rose. Evidently th* rsvsrsnd gentle man I* quit* wrought up over something. What’* going to hap pen? (TO BE CONTINUED.) V a ria t io n in S to r y Leon Bloy, to whose memory • monument has been erected In Francs; was a deep student of Ingratitude. One day a lady asked him If the children of this era were usually Ingrate. “ Yen, innilame. Allow me to tell you a story. There was 11 young villager who want ed to leave tl e parental ro o t and who pestered his father Into dividing np the family live stock and giving him hla share—” “ I know that story," In terrupted the laily. “ It Is the parable of Ihe Prodigal Son. Subsequently h* returned, repentant, to his father's home!" “ No. mailorne," said Hloy. “ In roy story It Is the pigs that retort».“ The birth rate Is higher In Japan than In any ether country la which vital statistics art kepL