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WHAT 1 HAS GONE BEFORE !
Phillip Kdiaon is host at a. night-!
Club party to his Just rcctnUy-dirorwd
Vtl and Oliver Sewell, sportsman and
Ixa Juan. Edison presuinea tiiat s
toeU'and the dloorc-e are to be mar
ried. When the party breaks p, Edi
son goes to Sethi's home and. while
he ia waiting his return, in Informed
ftewell has been found dead. Inspector
Marx begins a police investigation. He
questions 8ewell's Russian valet The
. elevator operator ' is also questioned.
He did not see-Sewell return. A young
medical examiner, with a taste for de
' tectlve work, assists Marx. Their
search of the apartment reveals com
plete wardrobes in different colors of
women. In a safe-deposit box they find
a scrap of paper hearing the Inscrip
tion. ''Paid In Full." The following
day a Major Preston, who has been a
sporting associate of Sewell s, is in In
terrogated. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI.
: "And that'3 all you know!"
Marx snapped.
"Yea."
"All rlKht. growled Marx.
"Thanks; Whete can we reach you
if we want you?"
"I'm stopping at the Albert."
said the Major. Til be there for
a month." He clamped his derby
down once more. "Of course, I'll
be glad to help you out. Terrible
business, isn't it?"
The detective escorted the Ma
jor out. And escorted in the young
"How's our little murder?" de
manded Doctor Rhinewald cheer-
- ily, rubbing his hands.
"Rotten," growled Marx.
"Who was the sporting gentle
man I've just passed in the corri
dor?"
"Major Preston. He and Sewell
had some horses together."
' "And did he enlighten you?"
"That's what I'm trying to find
out First he acts as if he don't
know a- thing. Next he's anxious
for me to know Mrs. Sewell was a
j good shot, and sore at her hus
band."
"Yes," said the doctor. "I have
thm nrlvflcA nf Mrs 9wal!'s. o -
quaintanceship. Remarkable worn
an!"
"How do you know her?"
"I called on her this morning
Sheer curiosity."
"What'd she tell you?"
"She'll be here in a moment
herself. You can her the story first
hand. Meanwhile" the doctor
seated himself in the sole com
fortable chair ."shall I teil you
abont the autopsy? I've written a
formidable report, but I've no In
tention of reading it. My pearls
are never cast before detectives.
The essential fact, which I have
reached with a colleague at your
ueaaquariers wnu manes a pas
sion of these things, is that the
bullet which ended Mr. Sewell's
career came from a special type
of gun used by the Germans in the
war. Also, there's no doubt at all
now that Sewell was shot first,
and then seated in this very chair
before the mirror."
"I wouldn't dismiss these facts
in that offhand way," the doctor
smiled. "To eolve this crime, all
you nave to do is to find out ! ow
Sewell came up here without be
ing observed by any of the build-
inr tfmnlATAa' i w tho vatitla.
man (or lady) who ended his ca
reer came up with him, before him
or after him; how he was shot;
how he was placed in this chair,
tad how the gentleman (or lady)
who fired the bullet got away.
"You cot nothing else to do ex
cept to kid me?" demanded Marx
truculently".
"But I assure you," insisted the
doctor, "I'm not xlnnding you. I'm
merely reducing this ease to its
essentials."
"And where does that get us?"
"Nowhere, I grant you. But at
least we know where we're at"
-Oh, do we? The District Attor
ney had me on the wire today.
He's all fussed up about the news
papers. And he wants action."
"And you're going to give It to
him."
"And plenty. They're bringing
Mrs. Edbon down here. You say
Sewell's widow is Coming. Then
I'm going to ask young Mr. Edi
son a few questions. And we've
got men working on those clothes
in the closets we found. Before
tonight there's going to be all the
action anybody will want and
more. Only what good it'll do us
I don't know. Dammit!"
"Tell me, Inspector," began Dr.
Rhinewald, tapping a cigarette on
his white palm, "are you always a
pessimist?"
"I know what I'm up against,"
Marx almost groaned. "These
damned society murdersll break
me yet."
"As an outsider," ventured the
doctor, "I don't see your point of
view. A society murder is the
work of an amateur. All other
crime is professional. Surely it is
easier to trap a novice than an
expert."
"That's where you're all wet,"
said Marx. "Ia one of these
things, anything can happen. In a
regular job, we know."
"Strange?' murmured the doc
tor. He rose as the doorbell buz
ted.
The detective ushered in Mrs.
Sewell. She was a tall woman,
large-boned, with a seamtd red
face that was shadowed by a
black veil. She had put on mourn
ing. Marx judged her to be forty.
or older, for, the rather hard face
told of suffering. The eyes were
large and black, the nose slightly
red, the mouth thi nand bitter.
Th doctor welcomed her, and
begged her to sit down after pre
senting Marx. As the detective
shook hands with her, he got a
whiff of bootleg whiskey. Mrs.
Sewell tippled.
"I want you," said the doctor,
to tell the Inspector what you
told me."
The woman looked at Marx.
"Certainly," and when she spoke,
Marx was amazed at the loud
quality of her voice. "I can tell
you about my husband, I guess.
You haven't found the man who
killed him yet, have you?"
"No."
"Eecause if you have, I want to
meet that man and thank him."
"Ugh?"
"You listen to me," boomed the
widow. "The man who finished
him did the world a favor. Why, if
his body was here now I'd step on
it. I'd kick him! He was a rat!"
"You don't know what you are
saying!" exclaimed Marx, as if in
voluntarily.
"Don't I?" The woman laughed
scornfully. "Nobody else knew Ol
iver Sewell the way I knew him.
He was as filthy a beast as ever
lived." She half rose from her
chair. "I put on mourning, not for
VACCINATION AND
IT'S EFFECTIVENESS
Dr. Copdand Comments on the French Government's
Insistence That Tourists, from Areas Where
Smallpox Had Appeared, Undergo Vaccination.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New York.
Former Commiisioner of Health. Kcw York City.
YOU may have noticed that because of the presence of smallpox
ia England, the French Government would not permit tourists
from that country te enter France, without their having been
vaccinated within a reasonable time. As 1 view it, this is as it should be.
vf e uuk a lot aDout tne "Uoiden Rule." As it
Is applied it relates largely to moral and social
(Contacts. Why should we not think of the
"Golden Rule" in connection with our physical
contacts?
I have no fault to find with our friends who
oppose vaccination and other similar methods
intended to prevent disease. I would not say a
.'Word today if the position they assume related
only to their own individual welfare.
To my mind the right of self-determination is
fundamental. We should never seek to trample
Upon this right unless there is abundant and
provable reason. 1 might look in sorrow upon a
person taking a course which to my mind is a
mistaken one. I might be so bold as to remon
strate with him. But when it comes to a matter
related to the publie health and the welfare of
xnanv individuals, there It no doubt In kit mind
about the duty of Government. CR COPELAGX ;
' receive an occasional letter from come honest and perfectly
onscientions person, remonstrating with me because 1 advocate such
preventive measures as vaccination and inoculation. They ask for
concissrva prooi max sucn i-revsn-
Iss MAt rh Mm Ia rftimftia flit
iBetati that particular criticism. I
hall pass ft by for the moment with
.1 tl n i i ii t . W . .
- pinion Caere is no more conclusive
... ii it I ill I k. . i ff
prevention oi smaiipox oy Ticrina-
" tmn and or diphtheria by inoculation.
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In an limited region, a rea-ton wtaera
- ijio .smallpox tm Dmmi m' wi
i 'may be excused If he neglects to be
' rtmcefnatad Ha la In no Immediate
UIumamm mntt natjl ftlfeA IW IHI.W
rrtll '-not' suffer bv reason of his
snleet. - - - . j
Infiividual who converts bimself into
rwhMt ws may can a -punne convey.
laiuo . xt Vim ! travalln through
mfacted OlatRCta. Be may, even un
Iknowtniriy. pick up rerms of tmaD-
!mi. . H envm than) to another
.cnmnnltr a anotaer eeaatry and
i tnakea himself menace to every
f iTbo safe thing foe yew and for
Hvnctety fcs to praetJoa Of "OoMan
: Ru W and he yacclnated.
jj Anavrera to Health Queries j
A. A. ft. QWhat do row advise
lor srtd tb ayatemT , ,
Aw--Oorreet your " diet and avoid
COMtlpallos). ' . :.
' Ed. -a O What do yov advise
tor falBna tatrt
A. Shampoo tba hair frequontly,'
brush daily and use a good tonic.
M. A.
add'
L. ' Q- What causes
urlej.
A. This Is usually due to faulty,
diet Cut down on meat and sweets.1
I
Miss J. T. Q. What causes vart-j
eoss veins in the legs will massag-l
Ing prove harmful? I am past SO.
rears of age,
' Aj Undo exertion or strain.)
often due to long standing, forj
tn stance. Keep otf the feet as much,
as possible and 1 try 'wearing an
elastic stocking or bandage on the!
I! durins the daytime. If the
trouble Is VW) painful or of tons'
standing mora drastic measures may!
be
A. 8. Q. Win careful diet help,
to reduce hljrn blood pressure?
Aw Tee. Bed meat. egg, ezcee-
sTve , salt and sweets should . be
eliminated from the diet.
.- e - -s
' Vt. B. Q- What la tk cause of
a person's am becomiac eold bt
warm weathort.v
" a1 This Is probabiy a circulatory;
condition. Try to build up your ten.
era! health and row will probably
v DONALD C . O: Doe? . amoktag
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him, for myself. I know now that
something In my life fa dead. And
I'm glad I Glad!" She repeated the
word defiantly. . And then ahe
stormed at If an:
I made him. When he married
me. he didn't have a penny. I
bought his clothes. He was Just a
no-account gambler. I taught him
bridge. That's how I started as a
teacher of bridge. I wrote a book,
and he signed hla name to it.
Sewell on Bridge!" The book
made him famous. When the
bridge craze came, he was taken
up by society.. He made a fortune.
And then he chucked me. He did
not eare what happened to me. I
could have starved. And I did
starve. And when I came begging
to him, he beat me. Oh!. It's a
wonder I didn't kill him myself."
She paused breathlessly. Then
she took from her handbag a
slight silver flask and drank hea
vily. "It's my medicine," she ex
plained with a wry grin. "That's
what's been keeping me up. Sit
ting up In a furnished room all
day long, Just thinking, going
crazy! And I loved him!"
handbag, - took another
alp. Mara followed her every
movement. Puxxled. he looked at
the doctor. Wat the woman aane?
Perhaps this had beea a crime of
lunacy. And yet
. "Do you know Major Preston?"
Marx demanded suddenly.
"Tea, I know Major Preston,"
the woman sneered.
"He was a great friend of your
husband's, wasn't he?"
-Yes. Great friend!"
"Mean he wasn't?"
"Well. IU tell you what a great
friend he was. They had a big
deal on. And the Major trimmed
my dear husband, trimmed him
good and proper. So much so mat
he was broke. You know what
Preston did then?" She paused
for effect. "He said he'd cancel
the debt if my husband gate me
in exchange. He rather fancied
me."
She burst into a loud hysterical
roar of laughter, so that Marx
was alarmed. The young doctor
however, made no move. Finally
the woman subsided.
"Excuse me," she begged. "I
guess this has been too much for
me. If you prayed every morn
ing, every night. If you wished
with all your heart that a man
was dead and then you picked up
the paper, and there it was do
you blame me for going crazy?"
"You know, don't you," sug
gested Marx, "that this sort of
talk sounds "bad for you? People
will be insinuatin' that you had
something to do with it."
"Let them! Let them arrest
me! Let them send me to the
chair. You think I care?"
Once more she reached into the
It was hard to" believe that men
would barter for this woman, but
on closer survey Marx could see
that the wreck of a once beauti
ful woman sat before him. Sor
row and whiskey could not alto
gether destroy the mold of the
features, and her large eyes un
doubtedly had once been bright
and alluring.
"When was that?" Marx asked
rather pointedly.
"Oh , she laughed. "That's a
good one! Well, it was less than
ten years ago, if you want to
'know. That's what the late Mr.
Sewell did to me in ten years.
Look. I wasn't taking medicine
then." The last as if in explana
tion, defiantly pathetic ,
"And what happened?"
"I stepped on the bargain. I
wouldn't have It. So the Major got
quite angry with me. I guess he's
hated me ever since. I must have
hurt his vanity."
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
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COOD-NIGHT
STORIES
By Max Trn a
The Shadow-Cbildrea Joia Pussy
on a MktalgAt Haat for Mica
One evening Just as MiJ, Flor,
Hanid, Yam and Knarf the five
little shadow-children were
about to go to sleep, they heard
singing outside the bedroom win-,
dow. Knarf smiled contentedly.
"Someoni Is serenading me," he
remarked.
"Someone !" exclaimed Han
id. "Why, it's only the eat!"
The others looked out of the
window. Hanid was right. It was
only the cat.
"I wonder why she' singing,"
said Yam. "
"She's singing because " Flor
began. 1 ,
" because she can't dance,"
broke in MiJ, who was Flor's twin.
Knarf shook bis head. "That's
not the reason at all," he said.
"She is singing because she's go
ing to go hunting "
"I'd love to go hunting!" cried
i Hanid.
"So would we!" said the twins
both at once.
Little Yam yawned. "I'd rather
go to sleep she sighed. She tried
to crawl into the pocket of a coat
and do as she said. The others,
towever, took her by the arm and
despite her protests, obliged her
to go with them to the cat.
"Good evening, Pussy," greet
ed Knarf.
The cat stopped singing. "Good
evening," it said.
"Are you going hunting soon?"
"I'm going just as soon as I
finish thts song."
"What are you singing about?"
inquired Hanid.
"I'm singing about all the
things I'm going to hunt, such as
moonbeams and mice especially
mice," she added. "Would , you
like to come along?"
"Certainly." cried Knarf. "We'd
like to very much."
"I wouldn't." broke in Yam.
Tl rather go to sleep.""
"But-ao one paid attention to
her. Ia fa-t, they didnt even hear
her, for at this moment the cat
started singing again. Bye and
bye she finished. They they all
climbed upon her back.
"Hold fast Pussy told them,
"I'm going to Jump!"
"I wish we were going to
sleep," murmured Yam.
Pussy sprang upon the fence.
Then she ran along the edge un
til she Jumped down into the
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Kitchen
By ALJCfc LYNN BARRY
THE HOMB KITCHEN
Cold Acid Drinks Are Refreshing
On Hot Days
If you feel like being whole
somely pepped up on one of these
warm soggy days try this simple
drink:
Fill a tall tumbler halt full of
cracked ice. Cut a grapefruit in
half. Squeexe and strain the juice
over the cracked ice and mix well.
; Don't add sugar. This drink has a
their own, la addition to' an ex
treme but pleasant sourness. OneT
or two limes added to a lemon
ade or orangeade Improve tl.e
drink Immensely. Or limes by;
themselves make a good drink in
stead of lemonade. One fresh lime
plus one or two teaspoonfuls of
sugar will pleasantly flavor onef
cupful of plain or charged water
Lemon Cocktail
One- lemon, one orange, oce
"What Are Yon Stagitas About?"
next-door neighbor's garden. She
made her way quickly through the
vegetable patch and stopped in
front of the cellar door. The door
was shut, but the was a sniafl
opening at the bottom.
"Low bridge!" Pussy called
out. "Get down as low as you
can."
"I want to get off!" cried Yam.
It was too late. Pussy had already
squeezed herself through. They
were now in the cellar, it we
pitch-dark. ..Even Knarf was
frightened. Yam could haqdly
speak.
"W what are you hunting
for here?" she inquired.
"Mice," replied Pussy. "They're
just around the corner. Don't
make a sound." She crept for
ward so stealthily that the
couldn't hear the sound of her
footsteps.
"We're coming to t h e m 1
now," she whispered.
All at once, the cellar rang
delightful and slightly bitter fla-' hlf Pful of strawberries, twoj
vor, which is different, and tones
one up. This is service for one. It
you wish to make a drink that
serves five or six persons the fol
lowing is a refreshing combina
tion. It must be made just a mo
ment before serving. This is not
a drink that can be prepared for
hours in advance. In fact, most
drinks are the better for being
prepared from freshly cut fruit.
But grapefruit, particularly, must
be disposed of at once, as it de
velops an excessive bitterness if
left standing:
Grapefruitajle
Two1 grapefruit, two oranges,
one cup sugar, two cups cracked
ice, four cups water, one table
spoon crushed mint.
Melt the sugar in the water.
Put the mint into a strainer and
then force through the juice of
grapefruit and oranges. Pour over
the cracked ice, add sweetened
water and serve immediately.
Limes have a special flavor of
with the most deafening noise.
The shadow-children were speech
less with surprise. As for Pussy,
she turned and scampered , out
through the bottom of the door
again, scattering the shadows as
she went. The same instant the
next-door neighbor's dog came
rushing up to them, barking with
all its might, and they dashed
home and hid themselves under
their blankets.
"This is where we should have
been all the time," said Yam.
And, curiously enough, no one
disagreed with her.
table-spoons sugar, oue cupful oB
cracked ice. one egg white.
Mash the strawberries through'
a fine sieve and pour the juice in
to a shaker. Add the other Ingres
dients, including the unbeaten
egg white, and shake vigorously;
for two minutes. Then pour Into
thin glasses.
Any other crushed berries or;
pineapple juice may be used In
stead of the strawberries, and thei
amount of sugar varied to sui
the taste. Most people oversweetj
en these drinks. Test the flavors
until the most agreeable sourness
is arrived at. but if a sour drink
is made too sweet it may aggra
vate thirst instead of allayiug rt.
Iced tea is a good standby iuf
warm weather, and it can be
made very quckly. Steep ewe ta
blespoonful of tea n one cupful
of bolng water for fve mnutes,
then strain. Pour this very strong
solution into a large pitcher and!
add cracked fee and water until it
is the strength desired. A few;
slices of lemon or lime, with a'
few bits of clove stuck in them
will add flavor, and a few prig
of mint always improve Iced tea.
If a large number of persons
are to be served over twenty ot"
thirty it is convenient to mike
up a syrup in advance:
Lemon Syrnp
Two cup-fuls of fresh .lemon
juice, four pounds of sugar, four
cups of -water.
Boil the water and sugar for
ten minutes, add the lemon juice
and boil another five minutes.
Strain and set aside to cool.
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