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THE MYSTERY OF
THE JADE SPEAR
(Continued.)
As It disappeared up the avenue
towards the bouse I beard a taint
bubble of laughter In my ear. I turn
ed in surprise.
' "Why, Peace." I said, "what Is the
Joke?"
"There Is no Joke, Mr. Phillips,"
be answered. "It was fate that
laughed, not I."
There were moments when, to a
man of ordinary curiosity, Inspector
Addlngton Peace was extremely Irri
tating. We walked up the avenue In si
lence. The motor was standing at the
front door, the chauffeur, a bright
faced youngster, loitering beside It
Peace greeted him politely, entering
at once into a dissertation upon
greasy roads and the dangers of side-
elins. Was there nothing that wouia
prevent themT He had heard that
there was a patent, . consisting of
-.mull chains crossing the tires, that
was excellent
"It's about the best of them, sir,'
said the lad. "Mr. Bulstrode uses It
on this car sometimes."
"So this is Mr. Anstruther Bui-
atrode's car?"
"Tea, sir. He was the brother of
the poor gentleman Inside."
"Tbe roads are fairly dry now,'
continued Peace. !but If 70U had
been out this morning "
"Oh, Mr. Bulstrode had the chains
on this morning." be interrupted. "I
41d not eo with him. but when be
came back be told me he was glad to
have them, for the roads were very
bad."
"And Mr. Bulstrode thought the
roads were dry enough this afternoon
to do without them?"
"Yes. He told me to take them
off. He "
'1 am glad to see the police Inter
est themselves In motoring," broke In
a high-pitched voice behind us. "I
was under the Impression false as
I now observe that they were con
firmed enemies to the sport"
A yellow husk of a man was Mr.
Anstruther Bulstrode, as I knew this
stranger must be. Years under the
Indian sun bad sucked the English
blood from bis veins and burnt their
own dull color Into his cheeks. He
stood on the step of the porch with
his- hands behind him and bis little
eyes glaring at the Inspector like a
pair of black, beads. His mouth,
twitching viciously under his strag
gly mustache, proved that tbe poor
colonel had not been the only mem
ber of tbe Bulstrode family possessed
of an evil temper. Over his shoulder
I could see Miss Sherrick's white
face watching us. And now - she
stepped forward to explain.
"This. Is Inspector Peace, uncle,"
be said nervously.
1 know, my dear, I know. Do yon
think I cant tell a detective when I
see him. 80 you have caught your
man, eh, Inspector?"
"If you will come Into the library,
Mr. Bulstrode, I will answer what
questions I may."
It was now close upon eight o'clock
and the pleasant twilight of the long
summer evening was drawing Into
heavier shadows. There was no gas
In the old house, but Miss Sherrlck
ordered lamps to be brought In. We
all seated ourselves about the big
fireplace save Peace, who stood on
the hearth-rug with his back to the
flowers that filled the empty grate.
The shaded lamp dealt duskily with
our faces. There was a strain, a
ague anxiety in the air that kept me
leaning forward In my chair, nervous
and watchful. , ,
"Well, Inspector," repeated Mr. Bul
strode, "what Is your news?"
For answer, Peace walked np to
the lamp and laid beneath It tbe Jade
spearhead, now cleaned and polished,
with Its four Inches of broken shaft
"Do you recognize -that Miss Sher
rlck r
Tbe girl bent over It without alarm.
She bad no Idea what part It bad
played In that grim tragedy.
"Certainly," she said. 'It Is a
anlque piece of stone, and Colonel
Bulstrode prised It more than any
thing else In his collection. I know
It was banging In the ball this morn
ing, for I was at work with a duster.
How did the shaft come to be brok
en r
"An accident. Miss Sherrlck."
"My poor uncle would have been
dreadfully angry about it, and so
must you be, Uncle Anstruther, for I
understand you claim it to be yours."
1 we aid not come here, Mary, to
talk about Jade collecting," snarled
the old planter.
"But does the spear really belong
to you, Mr. Bulstrode?" asked the
Inspector, blandly.
The man stiffened himself In his
chair with his fists clenched on his
knees, and his beady eyes staring
straight before him.
"That spear Is mine, Mr. Detective.
My brother having practically stolen
It from me, threatened me with per
sonal violence if I attempted to re
claim It It was the most perfect
piece of workmanship In my own col
lection. I shall take legal steps to
claim my rightful property In due
course."
"Your brother seems to have acted
In a very high-handed manner with
you, Mr. Bulstrode. I wonder that
you did not walk In here one day and
recover your property."
The piaster rose with a twisted
laugh.
"I'm not a housebreaker," he .said.
"Also, I must point out that I dont
Intend to sit here all night Can I do
anything more for you. Inspector?"
"No, Mr. Bulstrode."
"Or for you, Mary?"
"No, uncle. I have my maid, an
there Is Agatha, the housekeeper."
"80 that's all right Let us thank
Heaven the criminal is no longer at
large. It didn't take long for our
excellent police to make up their
minds. Oad! they're clever beggars.
They bad their bands on him smart
enough. It Is a pleasure to meet such
a man as you, Inspector Addlngton
Peace. A celebrity, by thunder, that's
wnat I call you."
He burst out Into a peal of high
pitched laughter, rocking to and fro
and clutching the edge of the table
with his hand. Then he bowed to us
all very low and swaggered out of
the room. Peace stepped out after
him, and I followed at his heels.
A lamp hung In the roof of the
porch, and Mr. Bulstrode stopped be
neath It In Its light he looked more
fierce and old and yellow than ever,
"It Is no good, Mr. Bulstrode," said
Aaaington Peace.
i!.xacuy: can I give you a lift?"
he said quite quietly as be pointed to
the car.
"It would certainly be most conve
nient"
Mr. Bulstrode laughed aealn. leer
ing back at me over his shoulder, aa
If my presence afforded an added zest
to bis merriment There seemed an
understanding between him and the
Inspector. Frankly, It puzzled me.
xou do not make confidants of
your assistants, Mr. Peace," he said.
Tbe little Inspector bowed.
"At the same time," continued the
old planter, "I should like to make a
statement before we go. There Is
no necessity to warn me. I know the
law.
"It is Just as you like. Mr.
strode."
Bul
u 1 sneered at the police this
evening I now make them my apolo
gies, xou nave managed this busi
ness welL I still do not understand
how you come to accuse me. Re-
memner. 1 aid not know he was dead
until I received a telegram from my
niecw oner iuncn. it was rather
1 jiwuiyi at nrai 1 was of a
mina not to confess. It would have
avea me mucn inconvenience."
"And endangered an Innocent man."
..I J .1 a .
stuu uie inspector.
wen. wen, you couldnt have
provea 11 against him, and I might
have escaped. The whole affair was
an accident I had no Intention even
01 wounamg mm.
"Exactly, Mr. Bulstrode no more
than the excursionist who throws out
a glass bottle Intends to brain the
man warning oy ue line.".
The truth was clear enough
In some strange fashion this man had
amea nis nrotner. I stepped back
a pace instinctively.
"You see." he continued, "brother
William had, under circumstances of
no Immediate Importance, appropriat
ed my jaae spear. . 1 made up my
mind to get It back. I knew the hour
at which he lunched, and leaving my
motor In the road I walked down the
avenue, hoping to find the front door
open and no one about I had a suc
cessful start The front door was
ajar. I went In, took the spear from
the wall, and set off back to my ear.
I was some fifty yards down the drive
when I heard a yell, and there was
brother William tumbling out of the
pdrch, revolver In hand.
"It startled me, for he had tbe
most devilish of tempers; but though
I was the elder man I knew I bad tbe
pace of him, and set off running.
When I reached the entrance gates
and looked back he was nowhere to
bs seen. I took It that he had thought
better of It ana gone bank to lunch.
"I was driving the car myself, bar-
log left tbe chauffeur behind, as I
did not wish him to know what I was
about I started up the engines.
Jumped into the seat, put the spear
beside me, and let her go. We came
round that corner at a good thirty
miles an hour, and there was brother
William In tbe road, waving his re
volver and cursing me for a thief.
He had run down through the Wilder
ness to cut me off.
"I give you my word I was fright
ened, for I knew him and bis tempers.
I took np the spear, and as I passed
threw It at blm anyhow. Let him
keep it, and be d d to him, I
thought I wasn't going to have a
hole drilled In me for any Jade ever
carved. I never saw what happened,
for In that second I was off tbe road
and only pulled the car straight with
difficulty. The spear must have
struck him end on, and I was travel-;
lng thirty miles an hour.
"My niece sent me a wire. When I
received It I understood what had
happened. I was in a blue funk about
the business. I meant to get out of It
if I could. You see I am hiding noth
ing. I told my man to take the chains
off the motor I had a thought for
the tracks I might have left and
came back to find out how the land
lay. Well, you know the rest"
"You have done yourself no barm,
Mr. Bulstrode, by this confession,"
said Inspector Addlngton Peace. -
"Thank you. And now, if you will
Jump In, I will drive you to the police
station. You will want to get Boyne
out and put me In, eh. Inspector V
He was still laughing In that high
pitcnea voice or his when the car
faded Into the night
It was not until the next day that
Peace gave me his explanation over
our pipes In my studio. It Is Inter
esting enough to set down. If briefly.
"There were many points In the
favor of Boyne," he said. "Miss Sher
rick's story not only coincided with
that told us by Cullen, but It also ex
plained much that the butler consid
ered suspicious. Tbe young man left
the drive hoping to meet Miss Sber
rlck. Cullen told me that Boyne ask
ed where she was as he left, and was
Informed somewhere In the upper gar
den. He failed to find her, however,
and probably concluded she had gone
In to lunch. Boyne said he was walk
ing down through tbe Wilderness
when he heard tbe scream. Suppose
this were a lie, then bow could be
have obtained the spear? Was he a
man of such phenomenal strength as
to use It In so deadly a fashion? You
observe the difficulties.
"It was when I was upstairs exam
ining the body that the idea occurred
to me. Tbe force used In throwing
the spear was abnormal. Either the
murderer must have been a man of
remarkable physique, or be must
have thrown the spear from a rapidly
moving vehicle. You remember the
notices that are displayed In railway
carriages begging passengers not to
throw bottles from the window which
will Imperil the lives of plate-layers.
It Is not In the force of tbe throw
but In the pace of the train that the
danger lies. It was a possible par
allel. "And here I made. a remarkable dis
covery. On closely inspecting the
shaft of the spear, I found a smear of
lubricating oil such as motorists use.
It suggested that a man who bad late
ly been attending to the machinery of
a car had been handling the weapon.
Had one of 'he group under possible
PRAYER OF MODERN WOMEN
Inez Haynaa Qlllmore Gives It a New
Expression That Makes Food
for Thought
"Lord, we have come out of the
dark and the quiet and the calm of
the past Into the dazzle and the noise
and the hurry of the present But
yesterday we lived Inside four sealed
walls, the hearth our earth, the fam
ily our world. Today the door and the
window have swung wide and we
gaze out The earth lies before us.
Thy world encompasses us."
These are tbe opening sentences of
"The Prayer of the Women," by Inez
Haynes Qlllmore In Harper's Bazar.
In It are also the following:
"We thank thee that we were born
in this day.
"Help us to give back to the chil
dren who toll all the tender love and
all tbe fairy lore of their lost child
hood; Its green fields and sweet wa
ters. Its bright flowers and blue skies,
Its soft winds and warm sunshine,
its golden sands and changing seaa.
"Help us to give back to the wom
en who aln all the love and honor of
their loat womanhood, Its gaiety and
security, its helpfulness and happiness
and peace.
suspicion anything to do with motors
or machinery? Not one.
1 had noticed the Jade collections
In the halt This spearhead was of
unusual beauty. Could It have come
from the colonel's own collection? He
had not taken it with blm when be
ran toward the Wilderness, loading
his revolver. Why did he so run thus
armed? - Had he been robbed?
"Yet the thief bad not passed that
way. Cullen would have seen him If
he had done so. Was the colonel en
deavoring to cut blm off?
"I .found the motor-tracks In the
drying mud unusual tracks, mark
you, for the driver bad run off the
road circling the place where the col
onel had stood. I traced them easily
by tbe chain markB on tbe tires. Tbey
led to the front gate, and Just beyond
It the car had stopped for some time
close to the hedge. Lubricating oil
bad dripped on the road while It wait
ed. The case was becoming plainer.
"My talk with Bulstrode's chauffeur
made it self-evident The Information
of Miss' Sherrlck and her uncle's own
explanation as to his quarrel with
his brother over the spear swept
away my last doubt Do you under
stand r
"Yes," I said. . "It seems simple
now. Bulstrode baa had bad luck.
though. Things look black against
him."
"I think he wlU he all right" said
Addlngton Peace. "His story has the
merit of being not only easily under
standable, but true."
"And Boyne?"
"I saw blm meet Miss Sherrlck. It
was enough to make an old bachelor
repent his ways, Mr. Phillips. Be
lieve me, there Is a great happiness of
which we cannot guess we lonely
men."
(THE END.)
SEEMS A POOR OCCUPATION
Demand for Female "Kennel-Maids"
8ald to Be the Latest In the
Old Country.
Ladles have been advised to take
up the profession of "kennel-maid,"
but the latest development of this oc
cupation appears to be that of "ca
nine nurse." Reports from the old
country tell that there are actually
Institutions for training ladles to be
come nurses for dogs. They are
of the canine pets, and have to serve
taught to study the different ailments
an apprenticeship for at least twelve
months before they are qualified. A
good nurse can command a good sal
ary. Only recently a lady In Dublin
engaged one of these canine nurses at
$16 a week, besides paying traveling
expenses. At most dog shows In Eng
land one sees girls in nurses' cos
tumes attending the valuable animals
that are on exhibition. An advertise
ment appeared In a London Journal
only a few weeks ago offering $300
per year and all found for a qualified
kennel maid. -
Told of Eugene Field.
Eugene Field and his wife once en
tered a street car, to find all the seats
taken save one at each end. When
the conductor collected fares, Mr.
Field announced audibly as he gave
him a dime, pointing to the far end
of the car, "This Is the fare for the
lady there the one wearing the new,
beautiful brown dress." All eyes
turned, and her pretty face was rose
color; but back of her reproving
glance was mingled Indulgence, appre
ciation, and mirth at the unexpected
and truthful announcement Youth'
Companion. ' .,H--rf""-v-'i
"Help us to open the hearts of all
good women to their new duty.
"Help us to make easy the way of
the working woman. .
"Help us to point out new paths of
service to the Idle women."
Shapes of the Satellites.
Photometric studies of six of the
principal satellites of Saturn, made by
Outhnlck, Indicate a confirmation of
the previous conclusions of other ob
servers that several, and nerhanH all.
of these satellites behave like our
own moon In keeping always tbe same
side toward the planet around which
they revolve. In regard to the satel
lite named Tethys, an Interesting hy
pothesis Is offered to account for Its
very, marked changes of luminosity.
The theory Is that Tethys possesses
the form of a long ellipsoid, the two
principal axes of which are to one an
other In the ratio of five to two. A
similar suggestion has been made con
cerning the shape of the asteroid
Eros, which likewise exhibits great va
riations of light according to Its posi
tion In Its orbit artmnd the aun.
Harper'a Weekly.
The man who stands at the bottom
of the ladder and steadies It Is often
of more benefit to the country than
the one who climbs to the top.
MEN IN SECOND PLACE
KRENCH ARMY OFFICIALS RELY
ON WOMEN AVIATORS.
Have Many Points of Superiority
Which Must Be Taken Into Ac-
Aount Whan tha Tnimnnti nf
War Are Sounded.
The French army department has
determined to have as many women
aviators In Its air battalions as It pos
sibly can, says an English paper. For
this purpose a special law will have to
be passed making women eligible for
army service.
The fact Is that the leaders of avia
tion in France have come to the con
clusion that women make better avi
ators than men, and they are deter
mined to encourage women fliers In
every possible way.
Their first step has been to make
Mile. Helene Dutrieu a chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, a decoration that has
been given to very few' women.
Among the experiments undertaken
by the French authorities were a num
ber dealing with the effects of height
speed, quickness of thought and ac
tion, and other essentials of flying. In
these experiments both men and wo
men took part, and, to the amazement
of every one, It was found that the wo
men were far better air pilots than
their male competitors.
First of all, women are more primi
tive than men. They are far less well
developed mentally; and, though the
man in the street may not think it,
women are not so nervous as men.
A woman is less liable, say' the
French scientists, to collapse In the
higher altitudes of the air than a man.
Her greater capacity for bearing pain,
or rather her Insensibility to pain, en
ables her to withstand the cold of the
upper regions of the atmosphere cold
so Intense that more than one aviator
has lost control of his machine
through It and been dashed to death.
Another cause which makes a wo
man better at high altitudes Is the
fact that she needs less oxygen for
breathing than men. She Is, In conse
quence, less affected by the rarlfied
air, a further proof of which fact Is
that quite a large number of women
have. earned the highest reputations
for mountain climbing.
The fifth statement In the report
Bays: "The arc of a. woman's vision la
nearly twice that of a man." Put In
ordinary language, mis means mat
while a man only sees what Is direct
ly In front of him, a woman sees
things at the side as well. A man's
vision Is concentrated, while a wo
man's Is spread. - -'
This ability to see all round, as II
were, la of the greatest possible Im
portance In aviation. The airman does
not want to see just ahead so much as
each side and above him. The general
look of things tells him the state of the
atmosphere, and enables him to steer
clear of dangerous eddies, currents,
and tin nn f
A woman, also, Is not so concen
trated In her thought as a man. The
latter thinks of only one thing at a
time, while a woman thinks of sev
eral things, and Is able to deal with
them all successfully. This faculty la
called "diffused attention" by scien
tists, and Is valuable In the air.
Finally, the report to the French
war office, states that tbe woman's spe
cific gravity is less. J
. The highly-developed modern wo
man, however, la useless for driving
an aeroplane, according to the scien
tists. It Is her home-loving sister,
who is not so highly concentrated,
who has the power of "diffused atten
tion," who will make the air-woman
of the future. ,
Humorists Always Geniuses. I
Men of humor are alwaya in aome
degree men of genlua; wits are truly
so, although a man of genlua may,
amongst other gifts, poaaess wit, aa
Shakespeare. Coleridge.
74 1
Egga Beat "Grouch" Cure.
Fish may make you brainy, but It's
egga that make you amiable, at least
If we can believe the clalma made for
this particular article of food by a
German scientist of note.
"Cranks, grouches, nervous wrecks
of all kinds, should eat all the eggs
they can possibly digest," says Prof.
Stleglets. "Eggs are the best thing
In the world for those whose 111 tern-,
pers make themselves and every one
around them uncomfortable. They
should be soft boiled preferably and
eaten four times a day for four weeka
on a stretch. Then the diet should
be stopped and not commenced again
for four or even six weeks."
And though no mention Is made of
whether Eastern eggs in particular
have any more healthful and cheerful
effect than ordinary egga taken at or
dinary times, Isn't It alwaya true that
"the better the day, the better the
deed?"
Dull.
Oabe Smith Is the dullest fellow
ever met
Steve Should aav aa. Whv.
h
couldn't even break a monotony.
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